Home Research Research Library Family Physicians Ability to Perform Cesarean Sections Can Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality Family Physicians Ability to Perform Cesarean Sections Can Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality 2021 Author(s) Cullen, John Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Maternity Care, Policy Brief Commentaries, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine In the United States maternal and infant mortality are increasing.1 It is now more dangerous for our daughters to have children than for their mothers. Multifactorial reasons exist, including the greater maternal mortality for women of color as well as the increased mortality for pregnant women and neonates in rural communities.2 The decrease in the number of Family Physicians providing maternity care and performing cesarean sections may explain some of these trends. ABFM Research Read all 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study 2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? 2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce
Author(s) Cullen, John Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Continuing Certification Questionnaire, Maternity Care, Policy Brief Commentaries, Population Health, Rural, and Shortage Areas Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: 2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study 2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? 2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce
2019 Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice: Go to Residency Program Characteristics and Individual Physician Practice Characteristics Associated With Family Physician Scope of Practice:
2019 How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study Go to How Physicians Prepare for Maintenance of Certification Exams: A Qualitative Study
2019 Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why? Go to Endoscopic Services in the United States: By Whom, for What, and Why?
2023 Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce Go to Impact of Service-Based Student Loan Repayment Program on the Primary Care Workforce
