OBGYN.net: The Universe of Women's Health

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The Women's Health Forum has been created for women, physicians, and medical providers to discuss topics related to women's physical and emotional health and well being. These topics include but are not limited to; the exchange of ideas, personal experiences, referrals, product recommendations, procedures, support groups, books, publications, and asking medical questions of our participating medical professionals. [SEE DISCLAIMER]

OB-GYN-L is a list for obstetricians and gynecologists to discuss topics of interest in the practice of their specialty. Discussion includes journal articles, medical economics, and interesting cases. This list is unmoderated and open to all subscribers.

This page explains how you can subscribe to the OB-GYN-L forum. If you subscribe to the forum, you will receive all messages posted to the forum as Email. You can also post to the forum using your Email. If you do not want to receive forum messages as Email, we offer a Web front end. You do not have to subscribe to the forum if you are using our web front end.

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The following commands may be used to generate requests directly from web forms for the OB-GYN-L list server. In each case, if you properly enter your email address you should receive a response back from the list server by email within a few minutes. If you do not receive a response then please carefully check your email address and make sure that it was entered correctly. If you need further assistance you may email: ob-gyn-l-request@obgyn.net

Note: The commands with an asterisk (*) indicate that the email address must be exactly the same one that was originally entered into the list processor. If you get back a response stating that you are not registered on the list then issue a "review subscribers" command to see exactly how your email address is registered with the system. To change your email address: do an "unsubscribe" followed by a new "subscribe".

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GUIDELINES FOR OB-GYN-L

OB-GYN-L is a list for discussion of topics of interest to obstetricians and gynecologists.

OB-GYN-L does not accept advertisements. Questions and discussions initiated by OB-GYN-L subscribers about products and services ARE appropriate. This provides an avenue for help, hints and recommendations among the colleagues on this list. PLEASE!!! DO NOT FLAME EACH OTHER ON THE LIST. There is a difference between healthy disagreement and downright nastiness (I can't define it, but I know it when I see it). If you have an opinion for someone send it directly to them. People subscribed to the list may lose interest if this becomes a problem. I WILL and HAVE removed people from the list for this offense.

GUIDELINES FOR MESSAGES:

1. Always use a descriptive subject line.
2. Always sign your postings. Include your name, your e-mail address and your institutional affiliation. But don't go overboard.
3. Do not send encoded documents to the list. Ascii text only, please.
4. Please try to keep the "chaff" - the messages that don't need to be sent to the entire list - to a minimum. These should be sent directly to the offerer. If you are unsure how to direct your reply to the individual instead of the list, check with your local e-mail system administrators. You may have to create a fresh message rather than using a reply function. (Remember that OB-GYN-L is configured so that replies are sent to the entire list, not just the individual who posted the message.) To determine whether something should be sent to the entire list, ask yourself "Does this only involve one person, or will many OB-GYN-L readers likely be interested in my message?".
5. When sending a reply to the list, DO NOT INCLUDE THE ENTIRE PREVIOUS MESSAGE. Extract any relevant portions, if necessary.
6. Keep your postings within the scope of the list.
7. Absolutely NO Profanity will be tolerated
8. OB-GYN-L is not for asking medical questions. There are appropriate forums on the internet for patients to ask questions of physicians.

WARNING:

This forum is international and freely available to anyone with access to a computer. For your own protection, consider this in posting to the list. We recommend not mentioning patients by name or cases with identifying information.

SUBSCRIBER DIRECTORY

The subscriber directory previously maintained by the OB-GYN-L list has been moved to the Free Ob/Gyn Practitioner Web Pages at OBGYN.net. If you are currently a subscriber to OB-GYN-L a web page has been created for you. New subscribers are encouraged to create their own free web page. The goal is to create one global directory for the Ob/Gyn community.

List Owner or Contact: Geffrey H. Klein, MD.

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