Canadian family physician Médecin de famille canadien
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Because some family physicians choose to stop providing maternity care, many women and their physicians have to seek this care from other providers. These providers must respect family physicians' relationships with patients and the necessity of returning the family to the referring physician for primary care after appropriate maternity and newborn care has been provided. ⋯ The clinic, established and organized by family physicians, provides family-centred maternity care for women and their families when their family physicians choose not to practise obstetrics.