OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY: DEVELOPMENT OF SUBSPECIALITY

Obstetrics has always been dealing with pregnancy and its management. Gynecology deals with other aspects of the female reproductive system. Over time, many subspecialties are getting incorporated into this specialty. Traditionally cancer was a subspecialty of surgeons. But since patients first see a gynecologist for abnormal bleedings, many gynecologists are now branching into gynecological oncosurgery as a specialty. They are…