Medical-legal aspects: The obstetrician as a defendant or as an expert;Aspects médico-légaux: I'obstétricien en accusation et en expert

Journal de Gynecologie Obstetrique et Biologie de la Reproduction

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Pierre, F ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Fetal asphyxia; Medical legal

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELIVERY; FETUS; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS HYPOXIA; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL CARE; EXPERT WITNESS; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; REVIEW;

ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CEREBRAL PALSY; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FETAL MONITORING; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS;

EID: 0037318362     PISSN: 03682315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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