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As Doctors Get a Life, Strain Shows by Jacob Goldstein

Enter the Laborist by Dr. Louis Weinstein

Hospitalists Review Essay by Dr. Debra Gussman
The purpose of this paper is to examine the application of the hospitalist model to obstetrics as a means of addressing the problems plaguing the field.

Laborists, nocturnalists, weekendists - Will the "ists" preserve the rewards of OB practice? by Robert L Barbieri, MD

Comment & Controversy - OBG Management, Nov. 2007
Response to Laborists, nocturnalists, weekendists......

Implementing a Laborist Model: Four Case Studies
- December 4, 2007 by The Advisory Board Company

"Increase in lawsuits is discouraging more obstetricians from delivering babies" by Frank Donnelly, Staten Island Advance

Influence of Obstetric Practice on Workload and Practice Patterns of Family Physicians and Obstetrician-Gynecologists by Graham M. Dresden, MD, Laura-Mae Baldwin, MD, MPH, C. Holly A. Andrilla, MS, Susan M. Skillman, MS and Thomas J. Benedetti, MD, MHA

OBs Still Face High Costs, Long Hours by Mary Ellen Schneider

Skilled Labor - Nurse-midwife laborists add value to hospital-based care models by Rima Jolivet, CNM, MPH

Stork tries a new strategy by Stacey Burling

The Laborist: A Flexible Concept by Dr. Debra Gussman and
Dr. William Mann

The Patient's Perspective - Is the Hospitalist Model a Viable Option for Obstetric Care? (Abstract) by Archana Raman, Chung Lim, Elizabeth Yoon, and Cande Ananth, PhD, MPH
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