? Go-to book for fetal/maternal medicine and labour ? Material grouped into specific sections ? Latest guidelines, recommendations and evidence ? Support of illustrations, flowcharts and figures ? Reference lists for interested readers ? Foundations of basic concepts and their explanations ? Boxes for salient features ? Majority of chapters end with important points ? Identification of knowledge gaps and suggested research agenda ? Special chapter devoted to audit and clinical governance, maternal collapse ? A must-have book for students and practitioners alike