What is O&G
Magazine?
The College's news and features magazine
O&G Magazine
publishes features on the latest issues in the practice of obstetrics
and gynaecology. It encourages the free flow of ideas, information
and debate amongst the membership of the College and the broader
community involved in women's healthcare.
Four issues are published each year in March (Autumn), May (Winter),
September (Spring) and December (Summer) More
2009
2008
2007
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Magazine articles of interest
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Contributing to O&G
Magazine
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Magazine
Volume 11 - 2009
O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 4 Summer 2009
Obstetrics: art or science?
Table of Contents ( 164 KB)
Complete Issue ( 5 MB)
Feature Highlights
Obstetrics: art or science? ( 86 KB)
Tony Baird
Reflections on my initiation into the secret world of complex vaginal birth ( 248 KB) Keith Hollebone
Complex vaginal deliveries: Why are we still doing them? ( 246 KB) Martin Sowter
Forceps delivery ( 70 KB)
Steve Robson and Caroline de Costa
Preventing eclampsia: art or science? ( 84 KB)
Richard Lewis and Caroline de Costa
Standards of antenatal care ( 78 KB)
Celia Devenish
Non-pharmacological pain management in childbirth ( 70 KB)
Various authors
Planned homebirths in Australia ( 337 KB)
Andrew Pesce
Homebirth transfers at Lismore Base Hospital ( 135 KB)
Brendan O'Sullivan, Tony Bushati and Tim Ho
A midwife's perspective on homebirth in New Zealand ( 240 KB)
Cheryl Benn
Intrapartum fetal monitoring ( 169 KB)
Wan Tinn Teh and Stephen Tong
Controlling the timing of labour ( 164 KB)
Toni Welsh

O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 3 Spring 2009
Blood
Table of Contents ( 94 KB)
Complete Issue ( 5 MB)
Feature Highlights
Anaemia in pregnancy ( 84 KB)
Christian Bryant and Stephen Larsen
The curse of sickle cell disease ( 78 KB)
Talat Uppal and Chris Ogwu
Administration of RhD immunoglobulin to prevent maternal Rhesus alloimmunisation ( 116 KB)
Bev Quested
Postpartum haemorrhage in a very remote hospital ( 106 KB)
Deena Case
Postpartum haemorrhage and post-traumatic stress disorder ( 188 KB)
Dereck Souter
Holding a mirror to life ( 240 KB)
Caroline de Costa
The heart of pregnancy ( 134 KB)
Poornima Ranka and Steven Adair
Feto-maternal haemorrhage estimation ( 209 KB)
Nadine Verdoorn and Michael Swain
Blood and the fetus ( 125 KB)
Emma Parry
Bleedin’ obstetrics ( 105 KB)
Andrew Potter
The anaesthetic management of postpartum haemorrhage ( 258 KB)
Clare Moser
Thrombophilia and obstetrics ( 129 KB)
Claire McLintock

O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 2 Winter 2009
Quickening: The fetus in the second trimester
Table
of Contents( 107 KB)
Complete
Issue ( 6.5 MB)
Feature highlights
Routine
antenatal screening
Amy Mellor ( 141 KB)
Down
syndrome
Scott Dunlop ( 330 KB)
Travelling
with Erinn
Chris Halloway ( 304 KB)
Soft
markers at the mid-trimester ultrasound
Michael Bethune
( 163 KB)
Sex
chromosome aneuploidy in the second trimester
Sue Fleming
( 262 KB)
Ethical
aspects of screening and diagnosing chromosomal
and other abnormalities in the second trimester
Cliff
Saunders ( 223 KB)
The
incompetent cervix
Chern Lo ( 145 KB)
Counselling
parents expecting a preterm baby
Antonio De Paoli ( 272 KB)
‘Misplaced
faith’ in the 20-week morphology scan
Janet Vaughan
( 203 KB)
Ultrasound
for entertainment
Lachlan de Crespigny ( 150 KB)

O&G Magazine
Vol 11 No 1 Autumn 2009
Death
Table
of Contents( 109 KB)
Complete
Issue ( 6.5 MB)
Feature highlights
Three deaths in six months
Natalie Kiesy-Calding More ( 152 KB)
Maternal death - a collection of personal experiences More ( 169 KB)
Monitoring maternal mortality and morbidity in Australia
James King More ( 118 KB)
Maternal mortality in New Zealand
Alastair Haslam More ( 40 KB)
Deaths following gynaecological surgery for benign conditions
James Brodribb More ( 120 KB)
Investigations at stillbirth
Sarah Wadsworth More ( 130 KB)
Unexplained stillbirth
Steve Robson and Leo Leader More ( 205 KB)
Holistic approach to the care of parents in perinatal
death
Robyn Kelleher More ( 264 KB)
Maternal mortality in Papua New Guinea
Glen Mola More ( 169 KB)
Providing care at the very end of life
Katherine Clark More ( 134
KB)
Childbed fever
Caroline de Costa More ( 74
KB)

Volume 10 - 2008
O&G
Magazine
Vol 10 No 4 Summer 2008
Obesity
Table
of Contents (
120 KB)
Complete
Issue (
8.5 MB) |
Feature highlights
-
Obesity in pregnancy - Paul Howat More
(
282 KB)
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Labour and delivery in obese women - Keith Allenby More
(
1.2 MB)
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Beyond dieting - Debbie Tolcher and Shelley Wilkinson
More
(
282 KB)
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Why are you big and I am not - David Schroeder More
(
387 KB)
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The obesity epidemic in children and adolescents - Sonia
Grover More
(
176 KB)
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The impact of obesity on obstetrical and gynaecological
ultrasound - Sashi Siva and Andrew McLennan More
(
867 KB)
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Anaesthesia for the obese parturient - Steven Katz
More
(
867 KB)
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Obesity and surgery in gynaecology oncology - Ai Ling
Tan and Seema Mohiuddin More
(
301 KB)
-
Inverse relationship between obesity and testicular function
- Tanya Stewart and Gordon Baker More
(
387 KB)
- Some insights into the epidemiology of obesity - Steve
Robson More
(
176 KB)

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O&G
Magazine
Vol 10 No 3 Spring 2008
The heart of the matter
Table
of Contents (
120 KB)
Complete
Issue (
8.5 MB) |
Feature highlights
-
Women's heart health: a case of neglect - Norman Sharpe
More
(
282 KB)
-
Matters of the heart are important to women - Rachel
Huxley and Vibeke Anna More
(
1.2 MB)
-
Women and coronary artery disease - Rachael Cordina and
Anushka Patel More
(
282 KB)
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Obstetric patients with rheumatic heart disease - James
Sartain More
(
387 KB)
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Management of heart disease in pregnancy - Eileen Bass
More
( 176
KB)
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Erin Clark More
(
867 KB)
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Journey of a fetal red blood cell - Graham Parry
More
(
867 KB)
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Fetal cardiac anomalies - Steve Cooper and Ramesh Parmar
More
(
301 KB)
-
Heart transplant and pregnancy - Peter Subramaniam and
Steve Robson More
(
387 KB)
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Antenatal diagnosis of fetal heart malformation - Simon
Meagher More
( 176
KB)
- HRT and heart disease - Rod Baber More
(
176
KB)

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O&G
Magazine
Vol 10 No 2 Winter 2008
Ethics and Religion in O and G
Table
of Contents (
804 KB)
Complete
Issue (
7 MB) |
Feature highlights
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Anglicanism - Janet Duke More
(
28 2KB)
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Buddhism - Yasmin Jayasinghe More
(
1.2 MB)
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Catholicism - Chris Halloway More
(
282 KB)
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Namaste India - Vasu Iyengar More
(
387 KB)
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Orthodox Judaism - Peter Wein More
( 176
KB)
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Judaism - Edith Weisberg More
(
867 KB)
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Islam and bioethics - Huda Younis
More
(
867 KB)
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Professional conscience - Nicholas Tonti-Filippini More
(
301 KB)
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Female genital mutilation - Greg Jenkins More
(
387 KB)
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Religion, ethics, law and human rights - Thomas Faunce
More
( 176
KB)
- Science and prayer - Chris Jackson More
(
176
KB)

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O&G
Magazine
Vol 10 No 1 Autumn 2008
Town and gown
Table
of Contents (
534 KB)
Complete
Issue (
45 MB Large! ) |
Feature highlights
-
Academic O and G in Australia and New Zealand - Rob Norman
and Alastair MacLennan More
(
282 KB)
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VMOs, staff specialists and academics - Michael Permezel
More
(
1.2 MB)
-
In praise of academics - David Molloy More
(
282 KB)
-
Rescuing O and G - the role of RANZCOG committees - Rupert
Sherwood More
(
387 KB)
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A road less travelled - Warren Jones More
( 176
KB)
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Research matters - David Healy More
(
867 KB)
-
Celebrating a quarter century of leadership in perinatal
medicine More
(
867 KB)
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Should medical students deliver babies? - Caroline de
Costa More
(
301 KB)
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The Notre Dame Mentoring Model Rodney Petersen and Julie
Quinlivan More
(
387 KB)
- Teaching and learning with simulated patients Vivienne
O'Connor More
(
176
KB)

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Volume 9 - 2007
O&G
Magazine
Vol 9 No 4 Summer 2007
Tales from the first trimester
Table
of Contents (
534 KB)
Complete
Issue (
51 MB Large! ) |
Feature highlights
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The history of IVF - Gab Kovacs More
(
1.2 MB)
-
Oocyte donation in assisted conception - Frank Quinn
More
(
282 KB)
-
Immune interactions and tolerance between mother and
embryo - Gamal Matthias More
(
387 KB)
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The early life origins of health and disease - Jeffrey
Robinson and Julie Owens More
( 176
KB)
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Preconception care - Celia Devenish More
(
867 KB)
-
Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy - Sandra Lowe More
(
301 KB)
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Abortion services in Australia - Cait Calcutt More
(
67 KB)
-
Abortion in New Zealand - Margaret Sparrow and Carol
Shand More
(
1.1 MB)
-
Late termination of pregnancy - Peter Stone More
(
121 KB)
-
Late termination of pregnancy - practical realities -
Jan Dickinson More
(
1.1 MB)
-
Abortion laws in Australia - Elizabeth Kennedy More
(
138 KB)
-
Nuchal translucency screening - Frank Carmody More
(
581 KB)
- Posthumous sperm procurement and conception
Ethical reflections -Malcolm Parker More
(
3 MB)
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O&G
Magazine
Vol 9 No 3 Spring 2007
The Breast
Table
of Contents (
534 KB)
Complete
Issue (
51 MB Large! ) |
Feature highlights
-
Breast cancer in Australia today - Sue Murray More
(
201 KB)
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Breast cancer management - Owen Ung More
(
578KB)
-
Breast screening for rural women - Sue Fraser More
(
71 KB)
-
BreastScreen Aotearoa - Madeleine Wall More
(
1 MB)
-
The gynaecologist and breast and ovarian cancer - Kathy
Tucker More
(
3.8 MB)
-
Managing mastalgia - Carolyn Cho More
(
425 KB)
-
Preventing gynaecological cancer in high risk women -
Rhonda Farrell and Ian Hammond More
(
447 KB)
-
Breast reduction surgery - a patient's perspective More
(
241 KB)
-
Some considerations of breast cancer - the psychological
impact - Francis Macnab More
(
225 KB)
-
A hiccup along the way - a personal experience of surviving
breast cancer More
(
225 KB)
- Breastfeeding and breast milk - Monica Hogan, Louise
Duursma and Dale Hansson More
(
225 KB)

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O&G
Magazine
Vol 9 No 2 Winter 2007
Climate Change
Table
of Contents (
465KB)
Complete
Issue (
57MB Large! ) |
Feature highlights
-
Climate change - Steve Robson More
(
201 KB)
-
Recent trends in Australian fertility - Graeme Hugo More
(
578 KB)
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Change in obstetrics - Ken Clark More
(
71 KB)
-
Climate change for GP obstetricians - Jeff Taylor More
(
1 MB)
-
Climate change for urban obstetricians - Gino Pecoraro
More
(
3.8 MB)
-
Moving towards trust and cooperation in obstetrics -
Paul Howat, Samantha Scherman More
(
425 KB)
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The changing climate for New Zealand Trainees - Victoria
Carlsen More
(
447 KB)
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Obstetricians and midwives - Karen Guilliland More
(
241 KB)
- Climate change and Trainees - Carol Breeze More
(
225 KB)

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O&G
Magazine
Vol 9 No 1 Autumn 2007
O and G for Older Women
Table
of Contents (
465 KB)
Complete
Issue (
57 MB Large! ) |
Feature highlights
-
Elder Friendly Clinics Celia Devenish More
(
201 KB)
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Tibolone for Postmenopausal Women John Eden More
(
578 KB)
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Gynaecological Oncology in the Elderly John Miller More
(
71 KB)
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Geripause and the Pelvis Ajay Rane More
(
1 MB)
-
Fertility and IVF in Older Women Freddie Graham More
(
3.8 MB)
-
Using HRT in Older Women Rod Baber More
(
425 KB)
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Do Older Women Still Have Sex? Darren Russell More
(
447 KB)
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The Sexual Concerns of the Older Women Francis Macnab
More
(
241 KB)
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Palliative Care for the Older Woman Norelle Lickiss More
(
225 KB)
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About O&G Magazine
O&G Magazine
Advisory Group
Position |
2008-2010 |
Council Representative (Australia) |
Professor Caroline de Costa |
Council Representative (New Zealand) |
Dr Sarah Tout |
|
Fellows’ Representative
|
Associate Professor Steve Robson |
Diplomate Representative |
Dr John Schibeci |
Trainees’ Representative |
Dr Brett Daniels |
O&G Magazine
Editors
Chief Executive Officer |
Dr Peter White |
Executive Services Manager
|
Ms Penelope Griffiths |
Communications
Coordinator
|
Ms Rachel Corkery |
Media, Marketing and Communications Senior Coordinator |
Ms Julia Serafin |
Role of the O&G
Magazine Advisory Group
The O&G
Magazine Advisory Group was formed to guide the direction of O&G
Magazine and plan the content of future issues, including the
selection of topics and authors for specially-commissioned articles.
The group has responsibility for the oversight of a magazine that
serves as a means of communication to the membership of the College.
The College’s vision and mission form the basis for O&G
Magazine policy, and the College’s
current Strategic Plan guides the
selection of content.
The group has chosen to coordinate each issue of O&G
Magazine around a selected theme, currently alternating clinical themes with
themes that highlight other College activities.
At its meetings, the O&G Magazine Advisory Group discusses and advises on the next four
issues, particularly considering articles and potential authors
relevant to the themes selected for the following two publications.
However, the group does not make editorial decisions. All material
published in O&G
Magazine must be in line with the guidelines approved by the Executive Committee of Council. Editorial decisions also may be influenced
by publication deadlines, number of pages available, balance of
content and authors, cost factors and advertising policies.
History of O&G
Magazine
When O&G
Magazine was launched in February 1999, the then President, Professor Ian Fraser,
presented the new-look magazine as the face of a progressive women’s
health organisation, with its content reflecting the services provided
and activities conducted by the College. In his inaugural editorial
entitled ‘This is your College’, Professor Fraser wrote
of the changes taking place in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology,
and the roles that the College needed to assume in these changing
and challenging times.
O&G Magazine replaced
three College publications: The Bulletin (College news),
The Diplomate (clinical articles for GP obstetricians)
and Continuing Education News. O&G
Magazine also took over the role formerly taken by the RACOG Resource Units
in providing articles of clinical interest to obstetricians and
gynaecologists. Also, up to that time, there had been no regular
publication to promulgate the training work of the College and communicate
updates and news to Trainees and training supervisors.
The mission of O&G
Magazine therefore was to present the College and the professional activities
of its members to the membership and other interested readers.

How to contribute to O&G
Magazine
The College encourages members to submit articles, news items and
letters of comment. For further information or to discuss a prospective
story idea, contact the Communications
Coordinator.
Further information about submissions is contained in the O&G
Magazine Writers' Guidelines. More
(
59 KB)
Points of view
All members of the College are also invited to submit letters of
comment about features previously published in O&G
Magazine or about best practice issues in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Letters to may be submitted by email
to ranzcog@ranzcog.edu.au or by mail to:
The Editors, O&G
Magazine
254-260 Albert Street
East Melbourne Vic 3002 Australia
For verification, letters should bear a postal address and daytime
telephone number or email address.
Letters may be edited for reasons of space and clarity. Please
note that maximum word length—including references—is
500 words.
In accordance with the O&G
Magazine Writers’ Guidelines, RANZCOG reserves the
right to refuse letters of comment that are written in an offensive
or confrontational manner, or which make claims that cannot be substantiated
with suitable evidence or data.

How to advertise in O&G
Magazine
For information about advertising in O&G
Magazine please contact:
Mr Bill Minnis
Minnis Communications, Melbourne
(t) |
+61 3 9824 5241 |
(e) |
info@minniscomms.com.au |
| Minnis Communications manages
advertising for employment/vacancies, conferences and workshops
and product placement. Advertising may include both printed
advertisements or distribution of an insert with the circulation
of O&G
Magazine. |

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