title: Media watch.
abstract: In late 1997, Sharon Bernstein, a 35-year-old Los Angeles Times journalist and a new mother, was assigned the county hospital beat. Recently pregnant, the reporter was drawn towards stories of maternal and fetal health. So, she decided to look into obstetric malpractice claims against county hospitals. What she uncovered would change county hospital policy, lead to an assembly bill, and rekindle the medical debate about the safety of lowering Caesarean section (C-section) rates.
authors.affiliation: Debdoc.@aol.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Josefson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006766:Hospitals, County / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008402:Mass Media; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000592:standards*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011050:Policy Making