Midwifery, Maternal Health and Gynecology

Gynecology

Gynecology is a medical discipline dedicated to women's health issues, including the development, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of disorders and diseases unique to the female reproductive system. The medical care of a woman and her child before, during and after birth is attributed to the field of obstetrics. Gynecology and obstetrics are related disciplines concerned with women's reproductive health. Throughout their lives, women experience multiple events associated with reproductive development, such as menarche, menstruation, pregnancy, childbearing, and menopause. Compared to male reproductive developmental events, these female reproductive developmental events induce more drastic physiological alterations, greater psychological changes and more complex psychosocial consequences for women.