The G.P. Obstetrician - Gone For Ever?

  • J. J.C. Cormack

Abstract


I never accept proffered cups of tea during the course of duty — well, hardly ever. The one invariable exception used to be the inevitable cup offered by the proud new father: his one constructive act at the time of the delivery at a home confinement. What could be more happy, more natural, more satisfying that the birth of a new baby in the environment of its parents' home, in the midst of the family to which it was the newest

addition? When all went well — and that was undoubtedly the norm — the pleasure, indeed the unequivocal joy, of all concerned, parents, midwives, grannies, doctors — was one of the great abiding satisfactions of general practice.

There was, though, an obverse side to the coin. The prolonged labour with exhaustion starting to supervene, the occasional limp, apnoeic babe, the mother bleeding steadily with placenta stuck, these could cause concern and anxiety and sometimes downright alarm never fully compensated for even by the existence of the most efficient flying squad.

How to Cite
Cormack, J. (1). The G.P. Obstetrician - Gone For Ever?. Res Medica, (2). https://doi.org/10.2218/resmedica.v0i2.924
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