| Malpractice in Cesarean Sections |
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| Generally, a physician delivers a fetus through an abdominal and uterine incision when further delay in delivery might compromise the health of either the fetus or the mother. The rate of cesarean deliveries in the United States is increasing at a remarkable rate, and the reasons for this increase include the older age of women having children, the use of electronic fetal monitoring, a decrease in the use of forceps, and an increase in repeat cesarean sections and breech deliveries. More... |
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| Obtaining Substance Abuse Records in Medical Malpractice Cases |
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| If you are a plaintiff in a medical malpractice action, you might be seeking information on the issue of whether or not the physician who treated you had a substance abuse problem that might have contributed to his or her claimed negligence. If you are a physician who is the object of a medical malpractice action, you might be looking for information on whether the patient's injury was the result of his or her own drug problem. Whatever, the reason, it is not uncommon for one or both parties to try to obtain substance abuse records.More... |
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| Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Malpractice |
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| Electronic Fetal Monitoring and MalpracticeMore... |
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| Blood Transfusions and Medical Malpractice |
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| Blood Transfusions and Medical MalpracticeMore... |
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| Unnecessary Surgery |
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| Unnecessary SurgeryMore... |
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