Litigation in obstetrics: Does defensive medicine contribute to increases in cesarean delivery?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1668-1675

  Cheng, Yvonne W ^a   Snowden, Jonathan M ^b   Handler, Stephanie J ^c   Tager, Ira B ^d   Hubbard, Alan E ^a   Caughey, Aaron B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean; Clinician characteristics; Litigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OBSTETRICIAN; OBSTETRICS; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907813651     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.879115     Document Type: Conference Paper

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