It is time to stop pretending that delivering babies is one of the core activities of family
medicine. At no time in the history of American family medicine have the majority of the …

The policy brief in this JABFM issue reinforces the low percentage of new family medicine
graduates who intend to perform obstetric deliveries, and that only 7% of all family …

In their article,“Proportion of Family Physicians Providing Maternity Care Continues to
Decline,” Tong et al1 outlined that the proportion of US family physicians who report …

F ifteen years ago, I was a young, passionate family physician starting my first faculty job in a
residency program in Manhattan where I was going to train residents to deliver babies. I …

In this issue, Peterson et al1 report on the substantial gaps between preparation for, and
practice of, nearly all clinical-practice areas among family physicians. They conclude that …

For the 30 years family practice has formally been accepted as a primary specialty, it has
had a defined scope of practice that includes all conditions and both sexes. Pregnancy is …

Over the last several years, maternal-fetal intervention has rapidly evolved and challenged
those who provide care to pregnant women in many ways. Although fetal treatment began in …

Methods We performed a two-stage mail survey of physicians who self-reported their
specialty as obstetrics-gynecology in the 2001 South Carolina Directory of Licensed …

Family physicians and obstetricians are rapidly discontinuing obstetric practice. Infringement
on lifestyle and threat of litigation are the two most important reasons for both family …

Maternity care in the United States is in jeopardy. There is a need for physicians trained in
obstetrics, including preconception, prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care. Almost 50% of …