Unless our work is closely allied to oncology, it can be difficult to keep pace with changes in cancer management. In this issue of O&G Magazine, we have asked a group of experienced specialists to share their insights.

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In view of the enormous amount of attention paid to homebirth in the lay and medical press, it is timely to publish an issue devoted to homebirth. In preparing it, we approached a large number of people to write for us, in order to solicit a wide range of viewpoints.

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This Spring edition of O&G Magazine follows the theme of Indigenous health, with an appropriate focus on the health of Indigenous women and their families. It is timely for a range of reasons pertinent to the medical profession and the wider community generally, and organisations such as the specialist colleges collectively and individually.

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The late and great Scottish obstetrician Sir Ian Donald's lament is probably not far off the mark even today. 'Come back and see me when the baby is six weeks old', is our usual predischarge request to postnatal mothers. A rather flippant approach compared pathway to lactation or a return to fertility. The pregnant state, which has developed over nine months, no longer exists and this new puerperal state affects every part of a woman's body. For example, the uterus weighs 1kg after birth, but less than 100g by six weeks.

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This edition of O&G Magazine is themed 'Pain' and represents a substantial, but digestible, summary of a topic that is an integral part of the working life of every Fellow, Diplomate and Trainee in O and G. It would be a fair assessment that, to date, structured teaching in the management of pain has been less than that required to fully equip our graduates to manage these sometimes very complicated and invariably multifactorial clinical situations.

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