What's an OB-GYN?

[Silent Hunter]

I've heard Bush and Cheney use this term.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I've heard Bush and Cheney use this term.

They don't handle rectum dysfunction.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I've heard Bush and Cheney use this term.

They are just like gastroenterologists....but totally different.

[qwerty]

President Clinton was an OB-GYN for a brief period.

[CARLHAYDEN]

They're doctors.

The legitimate ones delivery babies and are one of the favorite target of lawsuits by characters like Sen. Edwards.

The illegitmate ones like to murder babies and are beloved by Sen. Kerry.

[Nym90]

ob·stet·rics    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (b-sttrks, b-)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
The branch of medicine that deals with the care of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the recuperative period following delivery.

gy·ne·col·o·gy    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (gn-kl-j, jn-, jn-)
n.
The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs

[The Vorlon]

OB-GYN s are an interesting point where medicine and the law clash.

Childbirth is, by definition almost, a dangerous time and about 3% of all births have some problems associated with them that are quite serious.

The medical costs associated with a problem delivery can also be huge - half a million in pediatric ICU charges is not at all uncommon.

If the child has on-going medical problems - if we say even $100K a year, this is typically a 3-5 $million lawsuit.

The real problem is that the mal-practice insurance costs have become sooooooo huge, many doctors paying $250K a year or more, that many are simply declining to deliver babies anymore.  Those that do also run up huge medical costs in "anti-malpriactice" medicine that has little to do with ealth, and everything to do with not getting sued.

It's a really tough problem finding a balance between punishing legitimate medical error while not massively drivingup costs and driving doctors out of practice.

There are whole states where the are basically no OBG-YNs left in practice.

[The Duke]

President Clinton was an OB-GYN for a brief period.

Shazam

[AuH2O]

OB-GYN- n.: someone John Edwards sues so he can get rich.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Y'know if you had an NHS you wouldn't have this problem

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Y'know if you had an NHS you wouldn't have this problem

Do we really want a waiting list for this branch of medicine?

[KEmperor]

Y'know if you had an NHS you wouldn't have this problem

No, we'd have other more pressing problems.

[Nym90]

Perhaps "loser pays" would weed out the frivolous lawsuits from the legitimate ones and reduce premiums.

The problem with that is that it would dissuade the poor from sueing, for fear that they would lose the case and then be unable to pay.

Frivolous suits are already being weeded out. There is a panel of legal experts that reviews every case and makes a recommendation on a settlement amount, if any. My father has a malpractice case going right now, and that is exactly what is about to happen.

Frivolous suits are a problem, but they are vastly overstated by the media.

[??????????]

I am a professional GYN.

[muon2]

Perhaps "loser pays" would weed out the frivolous lawsuits from the legitimate ones and reduce premiums.

The problem with that is that it would dissuade the poor from sueing, for fear that they would lose the case and then be unable to pay.

Frivolous suits are already being weeded out. There is a panel of legal experts that reviews every case and makes a recommendation on a settlement amount, if any. My father has a malpractice case going right now, and that is exactly what is about to happen.

Frivolous suits are a problem, but they are vastly overstated by the media.

The problem is insurance, and the insuance companies' fear of suits. Malpractice premiums drive out doctors in markets that can't support those high costs. Only doctors in metropolitan areas with a large income base still keep up, and even there some doctors don't find the rewards worth the emotional toll.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Did you attend the William Jefferson Clinton school?

[DA]

I've never understood why these arn't called Ob-Gyns (as in Ahb-Gaheen), I mean it's not like the B, Y, or N stand for anything. Plus it's faster to say. And we don't call a pediatrition a PED or a a dentist a DENT.

What gives?

[Silent Hunter]

We don't call them this in the UK. There's another name but I don't remember it.