Foreword / David James -- 1. Modern Labor Ward Management / Toby N. Fay -- 2. Routine Intrapartum Care / Carol Newton and Maureen Raynor -- 3. Induction of Labor / Edmund Howarth and Aidan Halligan -- 4. Abnormal Patterns of Labor and Prolonged Labor / Harold Gee -- 5. Instrumental Delivery / Wayne Evans and Daniel I. Edelstone -- 6. Preterm Labor and Prelabor Rupture of the Fetal Membranes / Rami Atalla, Lucy H. Kean and Penny McParland -- 7. Breech Presentation / Daniel I. Edelstone -- 8. Shoulder Dystocia and Macrosomia / James J. Nocon -- 9. Multiple Gestation / Holly L. Casele -- 10. Intrapartum Fetal Surveillance / Ian M. Symonds and S. Arulkumaran -- 11. Management of Fetal Compromise and Improving Outcomes / Michael Rogers and Allan Chang -- 12. Labor Ward Management of Pre-eclampsia / Richard G. Hayman and Philip N. Baker -- 13. Management of Other Medical Problems in Labor / Catherine Williamson and Catherine Nelson-Piercy -- 14. The Management of Intrauterine Death / Robert Fox and Mary Pillai -- 15. Pain Relief and Anesthesia / Rachel Collis -- 16. Cesarean Section / Robert K. DeMott -- 17. Obstetric Collapse / Robert H. Hayashi -- 18. Other Problems of the Third Stage / Lucy H. Kean -- 19. Immediate Neonatal Resuscitation / Sara Watkin and Neil Marlow -- 20. Management of Women with Infective Problems / William L. Irving and Hilary Humphreys -- 21. Legal Issues / E. Malcolm Symonds