1280 CMAJ, November 18, 2014, 186 (17) which may be barriers to collaboration. 6
Professionals are not necessarily prepared through education or socialization to work in the …

Those organizing maternity care in the United States face major challenges, including the
impending shortage of obstetricians and consequent limitations in access to quality perinatal …

Résumé Objectif Décrire les attitudes des fournisseurs de soins envers les soins de
maternité concertés multidisciplinaires au Canada et les facteurs qui influencent ces soins …

Collaborative practice has been defined as the provision of health care by an
interdisciplinary team of professionals who collaborate to accomplish a common goal, and is …

The United States spends more than double per capita on health care compared with other
industrialized nations, but ranks far below many developed countries in key perinatal …

The United States is about to face a maternity workforce crisis in the next decade because
the number of medical students choosing obstetrics and gynecology is stagnant, the number …

Collaborative practice between obstetrician–gynecologists and certified nurse-midwives has
been successful at the Family Beginnings obstetric unit at Group Health for at least three …

For more than 30 years the collaboration between obstetrician–gynecologists and certified
nurse–midwives at San Francisco General Hospital has led to the provision of high-quality …

Collaborative care has been used successfully in obstetrics and gynecology for years. This
issue reviews the basic collaborative model, that is collaboration among ob/gyns, midwives …

This article describes the development of our collaborative practice, discusses the barriers
and challenges presented by the current health care environment, and identifies factors that …