Future of General Practitioner Obstetrics: Discussion Paper1

General-practitioner obstetrics: two styles of care.

Two systems of general-practitioner obstetric care currently in use in England are compared. In one (Oxford) a large number of doctors, working with community midwives, have autonomous responsibility for the management of patients whose condition conforms with defined booking criteria. In the other (Dulwich) two practitioners, working with hospital midwives, operate a minimal selection policy, ...

General practitioner obstetrics: does risk prediction work?

The effectiveness of antenatal risk prediction based on maternal characteristics at booking was examined among 5730 pregnant women booked in an integrated general practitioner obstetric unit over a seven-year period. High rates of transfer to consultant care were found especially for nulliparae. Apart from parity, maternal factors associated with transfer before labour were weight, smoking and ...

General discussion and future perspectives

This thesis addresses multiple issues concerning population-based screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), as is currently in preparation in the Netherlands. When starting this research project in January 2005, a number of questions were postulated that remained to be answered by that time. Since then, many of these issues have been addressed, several of which by studies described in this thesis....

General discussion and future perspectives

General Discussion and Future Perspectives