title: Obstetric physicians: are they needed? The workload of a medical complications in pregnancy clinic.
abstract: Obstetric physicians are physicians whose training and particular expertise lie in the care of the medical complications of pregnancy. We present an audit of the work of our bi-weekly obstetric medicine clinic at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, London, over a 10-month period from July 1994 to April 1995 inclusive, and discuss the need for obstetric physicians, with reference to individual medical conditions which complicate pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, London.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nelson-Piercy
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Peek
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Swiet
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006786:Hospitals, Urban; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008131:London / Q000453:epidemiology; D008485:Medical Audit; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000078329:Workforce; D016526:Workload / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*