Happy 40th birthday to Contemporary OB/GYN As Contemporary OB/GYN enters its 41st year of continuous publication, our founding editor looks back at the journal's early years.

摘要

Contemporary OB/GYN begins publication at a time when the specialty faces complex problems, not the least of which involves the very nature of the discipline itself. As we know, there is increasing discussion of the obstetrician-gynecologist's role: Are patients best served by specialists managing every healthy woman from conception through delivery? Or should board-certified obstetrician-gynecologists re-allocate their efforts, directing them largely to the high-risk pregnancy and to the patient with gynecologic dysfunction or disease? In short, how can the discipline best serve its patients?