Responding professionally to the liability crisis in obstetrics and gynecology

Frank A Chervenak; Laurence B McCullough

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2007.04.003

Responding professionally to the liability crisis in obstetrics and gynecology

Clin Perinatol. 2007 Sep;34(3):503-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.04.003.

Authors

Frank A Chervenak¹, Laurence B McCullough

Affiliation

¹ Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The New York Presbyterian Hospital, 525 East 68th Street, J-130, New York, NY 10021, USA. fac2001@med.cornell.edu

PMID: 17765497
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2007.04.003

Abstract

The obstetrics-gynecology profession is in the midst of a professional liability crisis. Solutions must come from both individual practitioners and managers/policymakers. The purpose of this article is to provide readers with preventive ethics tools to respond professionally in their own practices to neglected ethical dimensions of the professional liability crisis. The authors' analysis and proposals are based on previous work.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Gynecology / ethics*
Humans
Interprofessional Relations / ethics*
Liability, Legal*
Obstetrics / ethics*
United States