To the Editor: We appreciate Professor Curtis's kind comments about our observations 1 and
the two important points he raises in his letter. His first point, that the maintenance and …

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the article by Walter L. Larimore and James L.
Reynolds regarding family practice maternity~ are in America.! As~ family physician who …

To the Editor: I am writing in response to the article by Walter L. Larimore and James L.
Reynolds regarding family practice maternity~ are in America.! As~ family physician who …

12. Weiss BA. Teaching family medicine: not dependent enough on family physicians. Fam
Med 1993; 25: 90-1. 13. Wadland WC, Havron AF, Garr D, Schneeweiss R, Smith M …

To the Editor: I read with great interest the editorial by Thomas Nesbitt, MD, entitled
“Obstetrics in Family Medicine: Can It Survive?” in the January-February 2002 issue of the …

To the Editor: With regard to the recent articles by Ratcliff et al and Nesbitt, 1, 2 please permit
a historical note regarding my participation on the Residency Review Committee (RRC) …

Few issues in family medicine have generated as much discussion in the past decade as
has the area of obstetrics. Despite the focus on obstetrics in family medicine and a national …

To the Editor: Rarely does an issue of any family practice journal appear without an ar ticle
examining the place of obstetrics in family practice. The recent Journal article by Smith …

1. Only a portion of graduates will integrate maternity care in their practices. Although
differentiation of services should occur after graduation, many residents make this choice …

We are at a crossroads in family practice where we must look critically at our specialty to find
out whether our goals for shaping the specialty as we know it and our goals for increasing …