title: Obstetric ectoscopy, also a paediatric concern.
abstract: By coining a new concept, "obstetric ectoscopy", attention is drawn to the fact that undergraduate and postgraduate training in obstetrics and perinatal medicine in low-income countries is not geared towards community obstetrics, rather to more prestigious and lucrative endoscopy. It is argued that the devastation of maternal mortality leaves the clinical profession inactive and indifferent and that a more ectoscopic spirit would better prepare future obstetricians in efforts to enhance maternal and perinatal survival.
authors.affiliation: Division of International Health (IHCAR), Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. staffan.bergstrom@phs.ki.se
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bergström
mesh_terms: D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009774:Obstetrics; D011203:Poverty; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D016387:Women's Health