| November 2007 · Vol. 19, No. 11 COMMENT & CONTROVERSY
Laborist model is “abhorrent”
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Fast Track
“Malpractice lawyers must have created this ‘ists’ idea because it will make them all very wealthy”
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“Laborists, nocturnalists, weekendists. Will the ‘ists’ preserve the rewards of OB practice?” by Robert L. Barbieri, MD
I’ve been in practice for about 30 years, and I have never been so glad that I am approaching retirement. What has happened to our specialty? I really hope your tongue was in your cheek when you wrote that editorial. I find it disturbing that a laborist might be managing the whole labor and then, just before delivery is to occur, the so-called personal obstetrician steps in. Babies are born at all hours of the day and also on week-ends and holidays; it’s the nature of the profession.
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