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Legally Mandated MD-Supervision of Non-physician Practitioners: a costly, unethical & unfair medical monopoly

by faithgibson November 18, 2012

Mandatory supervision of midwives and other ‘physician-extender’ categories as a strategy for supervising physicians to ‘pump up’ their ‘bottom line’ This is the first in a series of articles documenting the historical background and current economic impact of a legalized monopoly by physicians over the professional services of non-physician primary care practitioners (nurse practitioners, nurse […]

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The Myth of A Safer Hospital Birth for Low Risk Pregnancies

by faithgibson November 10, 2012

Originally posted Thursday, July 5th 2012 at 5:30 am by Judy Cohain, CNM Since the beginning of hospital birth, research supporting its use for low risk women has been lacking. The last 15 years has produced 17 studies all supporting attended planned homebirth as safer for low risk women. Research reveals that there are only 2 […]

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Obstetrician Incomes – Major Change is in Ob-Gyns’ Mood (part 3 or 3)

by faithgibson October 11, 2012

Major Change Is in Ob/Gyns’ Mood Now that you have the advantage of experience, would you choose the same career? According to the 2012 Medscape report, a minority of ob/gyns, 37%, said they would select the same specialty; merely 23% would pick the same practice setting. Moreover, just 55% would become physicians if they could […]

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Obstetrician Incomes – Who says professional life is fair? (part 2 of 3)

by faithgibson October 10, 2012

Who Says Professional Life Is Fair? When asked whether they believe themselves to be fairly compensated, more than one half of ob/gyns — 55% — said no, a small increase from last year’s 50%. Their view is not particularly different from the general physician population; 51% of all surveyed specialists felt fairly compensated. Ob/gyns are […]

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Obstetrician Incomes in top 2/3s of all medical specialties ~ part 1 (of 3)

by faithgibson October 1, 2012

I recdently discovered three articles on Medscape about the annual and lifetime incomes of various medical specialities and how these numbers compare within the medical profession (specialty vs. general practice). There was also information on how the incomes of obstetricians compares to those of other Americans. Because these articles were both long and rich with […]

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