ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2002
In for the long haul. Which family physicians plan to continue delivering babies?
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Teaching primary care obstetrics: insights and recruitment recommendations from family physicians.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2014Article
- Family practice versus specialist care for low-risk obstetrics: examining patient satisfaction in Newfoundland and Labrador.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2013Article
- Duty to deliver: producing more family medicine graduates who practise obstetrics.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2007Article
- Family medicine obstetrics. Collaborative interdisciplinary program for a declining resource.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2005Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare characteristics of family physicians planning to discontinue or stay in intrapartum care.
designSelf-administered questionnaire.
settingDepartment of Family Practice at Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia.
participantsNinety-five family physicians who attended at least one birth at the Health Centre between April 1997 and August 1998.
main outcome measuresIntention to leave or stay in family practice maternity care, physician characteristics and beliefs.
resultsForty-five percent (43/95) of family physicians planned to leave maternity care within the next 5 years. Physicians planning to leave had more negative attitudes about the alternative birthing centre, doulas, and practising in free-standing settings without on-site obstetricians; were more likely to report missing personal events because they had put their maternity patients first; were less likely to make housecalls during women's labour; and were more likely to be paid through fee-for-service.
conclusionBeing paid by fee-for-service, having negative attitudes toward non-traditional maternity care, and conflict between maternity care and personal life were associated with intention to leave intrapartum care.
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