Contemporary OB/GYN Newsletter

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Burnout and depression in medical students and mentors

From their own experience in academic medicine, Dr. Ed Funai and Dr. Lockwood can vouch for the fact that most medical students are going into medicine for the right reasons—to help others via a career wedded in both science and humanity. Ironically, those same medical students are also experiencing record levels of burnout, substance abuse and depression as they enter their third and fourth years.

Readers React

Readers write in about their thoughts on Contemporary OB/GYN's coverage of the maternal mortality issue, urge avoidance of politicizing issues, and argue for reducing cesarean deliveries.

Memorials to two mothers

Two physicians, Christian M. Pettker, MD, and Erika Werner, MD, MS, recount their experiences of losing a patient.

Maternal Mortality Resources - Preparedness

A collection of standards, guidelines, tools and articles for further reading on maternal mortality. ACOG guidelines for emergencies and adverse effects plus resources for coping with the death of a patient. Also, news from Haiti about using mobile technology to save mothers.

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