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All Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric Specialists

Physicians who care for pregnancy and childbirth or for the health of children, following the obstetric, gynecological and pediatric branch of ISCO-08 Minor Group 2212. Belongs here: an obstetrician, a gynecologist, an obstetrician and gynecologist, a pediatrician, and a pediatric subspecialist such as a pediatric cardiologist. Does not belong here: a physician whose SubLabel names a different primary specialty, such as surgery or psychiatry, grouped under that heading instead.

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Era First Practiced
1880 1
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Western biomedicine 1
All Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Pediatric Specialists
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  • Obstetrics, late 19th century formalization, era
    Before the 18th and 19th centuries, midwifery was well established, but obstetrics was not recognized as a specific medical specialty. By the late 19th century...delivery of babies by doctors became popular and readily accepted.
  • Obstetrics, late 19th century formalization, region
    Before the 18th and 19th centuries, midwifery was well established, but obstetrics was not recognized as a specific medical specialty. By the late 19th century...delivery of babies by doctors became popular and readily accepted.
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