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Barriers Faced by Family Medicine Graduates Interested in Performing Obstetric Deliveries

2018

AUTHOR(S)
Barreto, Tyler W
Eden, Aimee R
Hansen, Elizabeth Rose
Peterson, Lars E
TOPIC(S)
What Family Physicians Do
KEYWORD(S)
JABFM Policy Brief
Maternity Care
National Graduate Survey
VOLUME
31(3):332-333

Fewer family physicians are providing deliveries, which raises concern for access to obstetric care. We found that among recent family medicine graduates who would like to do deliveries, difficulty finding a position that supports including deliveries was a major barrier.

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