Reducing obstetric litigation through alterations in practice patterns

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1279-1283

  Clark, Steven L ^a,b   Belfort, Michael A ^a   Dildy, Gary A ^a   Meyers, Janet A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Hospital Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS MONITORING; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER DYSTOCIA; STANDARD; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPENSATION; DYSTOCIA; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 58849110945     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31818da2c7     Document Type: Article

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