PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J. D. Owen
TI  - A review of the general practitioner obstetric service in Colchester 1970-1979
DP  - 1981 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 92--96
VI  - 31
IP  - 223
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/223/92.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/31/223/92.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1981 Feb 01; 31
AB  - I report here on an audit of the work of a general practitioner maternity unit situated in the same building as a consultant obstetric unit. Between 1970 and 1979, 10,588 patients were admitted under the care of general practitioner obstetricians. The perinatal mortality rate averaged 6·9. I show in the report how an audit of such a unit can be carried out, and demonstrate that general practitioner obstetricians still have a valid and useful place in a district obstetric service.