Professional liability and obstetrical health care delivery.
Nurse-midwives are finding liability insurance either prohibitively expensive or simply unavailable--despite the fact that, in contrast to obstetricians, they are rarely sued. As a consequence, maternal health services for rural and poor women are rapidly disappearing.
Lederman
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University of Texas School of Nursing, Galveston.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics*; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000191:economics*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000191:economics*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012423:Rural Health; D014481:United States