Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, an Interdisciplinary Review

by Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Committee to Study Medical Professional, Institute of Medicine, et al.

The second volume of an overall look at the "malpractice crisis" sheds fresh light on the civil justice and insurance systems, medical liability issues, and their combined effect on health care for mothers and children. Topics include the liability implications of the rising rate of Cesarean sections, an evaluation of the American Medical Association's proposed alternative to the justice system for resolving medical liability disputes, and a review...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030903986X
• ISBN13: 9780309039864
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 256 Pages