Should Maternal-Fetal Medicine Physicians Staff Labor Floors? Or: Obstetricians We Were, Obstetricians We Are, and Obstetricians We Should Be.

Maternal-fetal medicine specialists face strong financial incentives to absent themselves from labor floors and the management of laboring patients. Nevertheless, health care systems and medical education benefit from MFM involvement in every aspect of obstetrical care, and their presence on the labor floor will benefit patients, learners, and themselves.