title: Professional liability and obstetrical health care delivery.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas School of Nursing, Galveston.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lederman
mesh_terms: 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