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The Laborist trend: its implications

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Abstract

Purpose

To offer obstetrical practitioners a current perspective about an important contemporary practice model which has implications that may not have been adequately recognized.

Methods

A description of individual past professional experience.

Results

A resultant perspective from decades of professional obstetric practice.

Conclusion

A description of potential clinical impact on patients and practitioners alike.

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  1. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 3000 N, Halsted, Suite 500, Chicago, IL, 60657, USA

    Elliot M. Levine, Carlos M. Fernandez & Norman A. Ginsberg

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  1. Elliot M. Levine
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EML: project development, reference checking, manuscript writing and editing. CMF: manuscript writing and editing. NAG: manuscript writing and editing.

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Correspondence to Elliot M. Levine.

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Levine, E.M., Fernandez, C.M. & Ginsberg, N.A. The Laborist trend: its implications. Arch Gynecol Obstet 303, 1–2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05790-1

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