No-fault system of compensation for obstetric injury: Winners and losers

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 437-443

  Swan, Frank A ^a   Whetten Goldstein, Kathryn ^b   Stout, Emily M ^a   Entman, Stephen S ^b   Hickson, Gerald B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; COST; INSURANCE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032032213     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00705-9     Document Type: Article

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