Medical Informatics in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Medical Informatics in
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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1. Obstetrics--Data processing. 2. Gynecology--Data
processing. 3. Medical informatics. I. Parry, David (David Shona Kirtley University
Tudor) II. Parry, Emma, 1968- of Oxford, UK

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Table of Contents



Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgment
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Section I
Introduction Chapters

Chapter I
An Introduction to Women’s Health and Informatics ............................................................................1
Peter Stone, FRANZCOG, CmFm, The University of Auckland, New Zealand

Chapter II
Women’s Health Informatics: The Ethical and Legal Issues ...............................................................13
Premila Fade, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Anne-Marie McMahon, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK


Section II
Information Management Applications