Obstetricians

They refer to obstetricians when medical problems arise. ❋ Penny Simkin (2010)

Semmelweis called the obstetricians who disregarded his work murderers. ❋ Nuland, Sherwin B. (2004)

The United States and Canada are the only countries in the world where highly trained surgeons called obstetricians attend the majority of normal births. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other staff who train during the night, such as obstetricians and anaesthetists, are also less experienced than teams working during the day, with many junior obstetric doctors lacking technical skills to use forceps or vacuum to ease a baby's birth, he added. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But they will house 20 Sutter Gould specialist physicians in Stockton, such as obstetricians and gynecologists, general and vascular surgeons, urologists and dermatologists, and include an urgent-care center, making health care access more convenient for Sutter's 40,000 Stockton patients and 80,000 throughout the county.

Unlike traditional obstetricians, she spent a great deal of time with me -- asking me lots of questions, calming my fears, sharing personal stories, and chatting about things that are important to first time mothers. ❋ Nancy Cronk (2011)

For many obstetricians, the perks of having an FDA-approved drug — including added oversight of the drug's production and better national distribution — may not make up for the high price, she said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Otherwise, obstetricians in your hospitals will be forced to perform abortions or face criminal penalties. ❋ Unknown (2010)

South Carolina, which reduced reimbursement rates to all Medicaid providers by 3% in April, is imposing an additional 2% cut on all doctors except obstetricians and neonatologists. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"The possibility of surgical repair of fetal anomalies in utero has long tantalized obstetricians and pediatric surgeons." wrote Joe Leigh Simpson of Florida International University in Miami and Michael F. Greene of Massachusetts General Hospital in an editorial accompanying the study. ❋ Rob Stein (2011)

The two obstetricians were nice women, but I never felt as close to them as I did to my midwife, or to Dr. McCallister. ❋ Nancy Cronk (2011)

These letters, combined with KV's announcement that Makena would cost $1,500, ignited a firestorm of complaints from obstetricians, patients, employers, and public officials. ❋ Rep. Joe Courtney (2011)

This collaborative encouraged cooperation and communication between pediatricians and obstetricians, which helped because the pediatricians (who get stuck taking care of babies with the problems of late-term prematurity) got to drive the point home to the obstetricians (who deliver the babies and often don't learn about the problems that develop later). ❋ M.D. Adam Wolfberg (2011)

I agree with the point above regarding obstetricians and C-sections, but part of this is due to malpractice risk. ❋ Unknown (2009)