Abstract
In Britain, antenatal care is performed by specialist obstetricians, general practitioners (GPs), and midwives, often in combination. Because most women are delivered in specialist hospitals, obstetricians are involved in booking for place of delivery, and usually in delivery of specialized investigations such as ultrasonic scanning. General practitioners may independently book women for confinement under their care in Cottage Hospitals or (rarely) at home, and may provide all the medical care for those women, in addition to sharing in the antenatal care of women to be delivered at specialist units, and in fact doing most of the care for these women, unless they are very high risk or complicated.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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