Will Birth Attendants Need to Promote High-Tech Intervention to Afford Malpractice Insurance?

Author: Humenick, Sharron S.

Source: The Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 13, Number 1, 2004 , pp. iv

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

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Abstract:

In this column, the author examines the trends of the midwifery model of care versus nonmedically indicated cesarean births and their effect on malpractice insurance rates. Childbirth educators are encouraged to support a health-care system that promotes normal birth.

Keywords: midwifery; normal birth; birth interventions; insurance

Document Type: Correspondence

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1624/105812404826342

Publication date: 2004-12-01

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