RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Proportion of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care Continues to Decline
JF The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
JO J Am Board Fam Med
FD American Board of Family Medicine
SP 270
OP 271
DO 10.3122/jabfm.2012.03.110256
VO 25
IS 3
A1 Sebastian T. C. Tong
A1 Laura A. Makaroff
A1 Imam M. Xierali
A1 Parwen Parhat
A1 James C. Puffer
A1 Warren P. Newton
A1 Andrew W. Bazemore
YR 2012
UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/25/3/270.abstract
AB Family physicians traditionally have played an integral role in delivering babies as a component of the comprehensive care they provide for women. The proportion of family physicians who report providing any maternity care continues to decrease. This trend is particularly concerning because family physicians are the most widely distributed specialty and are essential to health care access in rural areas.