title: Quality obstetric care: the ideal.
abstract: The various, apparently often conflicting interests of the patient, the doctor and the health service are examined in a general fashion fashion in this personal view of what constitutes the ideal in obstetric care. No statistics are invoked, as it is contended that it is well nigh impossible to gainfully compare specialist and general practitioner obstetric services.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care