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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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""Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care""; ""Copyright""; ""Chairman's Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY CONTROVERSY""; ""PROBLEM MOST ACUTE IN OBSTETRICS""; ""LIABILITY'S BROADER SCOPE""; ""ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""STUDY FOCUS AND FINDINGS""; ""Maternity Care in the United States""; ""Availability of Obstetrical Providers""; ""Obstetrical Care for Poor Women and Women Served by Medicaid""; ""Practice of Obstetrics""; ""Obstetrical Malpractice Insurance"" |
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""The Tort System and Its Alternatives""""THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Long-Term Recommendations""; ""Short-Term Solutions""; ""2 Maternity Care in the United States""; ""OBSTETRICAL PRACTITIONERS""; ""Obstetrician-Gynecologists""; ""Family and General Practitioners""; ""Certified Nurse-Midwives""; ""Other Practitioners""; ""FACILITIES OFFERING PRENATAL CARE""; ""Hospitals""; ""Local and State Health Departments""; ""Community and Migrant Health Centers""; ""LABOR AND DELIVERY SERVICES""; ""FINANCING OF MATERNITY CARE""; ""NEED FOR OBSTETRICAL CARE"" |
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""Evidence of Existing Shortages of Obstetrical Services""""Insufficient Prenatal Care""; ""Arrested Decline in Infant Mortality""; ""Inability to Pay for Care""; ""Physician Shortage in Rural Areas""; ""Projected Increase in Need for Obstetrical Services""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 The Effects of Medical Professional Liability on the Availability of Obstetrical Providers""; ""OBSTETRICIAN-GYNECOLOGISTS""; ""Careers in Obstetrics""; ""Concerns About Professional Liability""; ""Response to Concerns About Liability""; ""Elimination of Obstetrical Practice""; ""Reduced Volume of Obstetrical Care"" |
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""Reduced Care of High-Risk Women""""Trends""; ""FAMILY PHYSICIANS""; ""Malpractice Insurance Costs""; ""Other Economic Factors""; ""Concerns About Professional Liability""; ""Response to Insurance and Liability Concerns""; ""Elimination of Obstetrical Practice""; ""Adverse Effects on Rural Areas""; ""NURSE-MIDWIVES""; ""Availability and Costs of Professional Liability Insurance""; ""Response to Insurance Problems""; ""Changes in Practice Setting""; ""Changes in Techniques of Practice""; ""REFERENCES"" |
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""4 The Impact of Medical Professional Liability on the Provision of Obstetrical Care to Poor Women and Women Served�""""PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND OBSTETRICAL CARE UNDER MEDICAID""; ""BACKGROUND: THE ROLE OF MEDICAID IN THE DELIVERY OF OBSTETRICAL CARE""; ""Physician Participation in Medicaid""; ""Reduced Obstetrical Care for the Poor""; ""High Insurance Premiums, Low Reimbursement Rates""; ""Fear of Suit""; ""Professional Liability Concerns and the Reduction of Care""; ""PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND OBSTETRICAL CARE IN COMMUNITY AND MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS"" |
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""Problems Recruiting Providers"" |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Obstetricians -- Malpractice -- United States
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Physicians' malpractice insurance -- United States
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Obstetricians -- Malpractice.
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Physicians' malpractice insurance.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309543002 |
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0309543002 |
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