This book presents a superb synthesis of research from physiology and the clinical sciences that describes normal physiology of pregnancy, the fetus and the newborn. The new edition of Maternal, Fetal and Neonatal Physiology continues to be a comprehensive, detailed, well illustrated and exhaustively referenced, it consistently identifies clinical implications. It also offers tabular recommendations for clinical practice that index relevant physiological content. It is an essential foundation reference for advanced practice and graduate programs in maternal and neonatal nursing, nurse midwifery, and medical professionals in obstetrics and neonatology.