BOOK REVIEWS

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Book‐reviewed in this articles:The Derivation and Exploitation of Empirical Birthweight Standards by Roy Carr‐Hill & Colin Pritchard.The American Midwife Debate. A Sourcebook on Its Modern Origins edited by Judy Barrett Lit off.The Cellular Basis of Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (EPH Gestosis) by William B.Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia third edition by Donald Moir & John Thorburn.Respiratory Control and Lung Development in the Fetus and Newborn. The Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice (Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine Volume 3) edited by B. M Johnston & P. D Gluckman.Atlas of Female Infertility Surgery by Robert B. Hunt.Malformations in Children From One to Seven Years (A Report From The Collaborative Perinatal Project) by Ntinos C. Myrianthopoulos. Alan R. LissContraception and Sexuality in Health and Disease by K. Esther Sapire.Issues in Reproductive Health Law in the Commonwealth by Rebecca J. Cook & Bernard M. Dickens.Anesthesia for Obstetrics Second Edition edited by Sol M. Shnider & Gershon Levinson.Advances in Perinatal Medicine Volume 5 edited by Aubrey Milunsky, Emmanuel A. Friedman & Louis Gluck.Perinatal Care Delivery Systems (Commission of the European Communities Health Services Research Series No. 1) edited by M. Kaminske, G. Beart P. Buekens, H. J. Huisjes G. Mell‐waine & H. K. Selbmann.New Developments in Imaging edited by Rainer Ch. Otto & Charles B. Higgins.Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 15 edited by John Bonnar.Current Therapy in Surgical Gynecology edited by Celso‐Ramon Garcia, John J. Mikuta & Norman G. Rosenblum. B. C. Decker Inc.Medical Care and the General Practitioner 1750–1850 by IrvineExtrauterine Pregnancy edited by Alvin Langer & Leslie Iffy.An Introduction to Fetal Physiology by Frederick C. Battaglia & Giacomo Meschia.Prospective Studies on Children With Sex Chromosome Aneuploidy (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Birth Defects: Original Article Series Volume 22 No. 3,1986) edited by Shirley G. Ratcliffe & Natalie Paul.Manual of Fetal Echocardiography by Lindsey D. Allan.Saying Goodbye to Your Baby edited by Priscilla Alderson.An A‐Z of Your Child's Health by David Devlin.Sexually Transmitted Diseases by David Gold‐meier & Simon Barton.Listening to Gynaecological Patients’Problems by David Jenkins.Maternal Care for the Reduction of Perinatal and Neonatal Mortality A Joint WHO/UNICEF Statement. World Health OrganizationProceedings and Symposiums Carnitine—Its Role in Lung and Heart Disorders (Proceedings of a Satellite on the Occasion of the Central European Congress for Anesthesiology (ZAK) GRAZ (Austria) September 1985 edited by E. Kaiser & A. Lohninger. A. Karger AG, Basel