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Sakala C, Yang YT, Corry MP. 2013. Maternity care and liability: Pressing problems, substantive solutions. New York, NY: Childbirth Connection, 151 pp.

Annotation: This report, which is intended to inform stakeholder groups, health professionals, health professional educators, hospital and health plan administrators, insurers, employes, researchers, childbearing women and their families, consumer advocates, and journalists, assesses the impact of the liability environment on maternity care in the United States and offers strategies for better achieving aims of the liability system. The report describes patterns and trends in liability-system performance with respect to maternity services, focusing on the liability insurance market, the experience of maternity providers in securing liability insurance, their experience with claims and lawsuits, the incidence of negligent injury and compensation for it, defensive maternity practice, career satisfaction of maternity caregivers and its relationship to liability and quality, and deterrent effects of the liability system. The report also proposes seven core criteria for a high-functioning liability system.

Keywords: Childbirth, Health services, Injury, Legal processes, Liability, Liability insurance, Medical liability, Pregnant women, Trends

Institute of Medicine, Committee to Study Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care. 1989. Medical professional liability and the delivery of obstetrical care, Vol. I. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 241 pp.

Annotation: This study examined the effects of medical professional liability on the delivery of and access to obstetrical care. This volume reports on the effects on the availability of obstetrical providers, impacts on the provision of obstetrical care to poor women and women served by Medicaid, effects on the practice of obstetrics, obstetrical malpractice insurance, and the legal system. A companion volume includes background papers commissioned for the study.

Keywords: Access to health care, Liability insurance, Medical malpractice, Obstetrics

Rostow VP, Bulger RJ, eds. 1989. Medical professional liability and the delivery of obstetrical care, Vol. II: An interdisciplinary review. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 238 pp.

Annotation: This book addresses the effects of medical professional liability issues on access to and delivery of obstetrical care. It discusses the medical background of these issues, effects on access to and delivery of obstetrical care to low-income women, liability insurance and the nurse-midwifery practice, and the legal issues. This study was undertaken by the Institute of Medicine following an inquiry by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1984.

Keywords: Access to health care, Cesarean section, Genetic screening, Legal issues, Malpractice insurance, Medical liability, Midwives, Obstetrical care

U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Labor and Human Resources. 1985. National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1985: Hearing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2 v. (99th Congress, 1st Session; report 99-222, parts 1 and 2)

Annotation: These hearings of the Labor and Human Resources Committee discussed an amendment to the Public Health Service Act to provide for the compensation of children and others who have sustained vaccine related injuries. Part two specifically discusses whether victims should be required to give up their right to sue as a condition of receiving compensation from the government.

Keywords: Children, Congressional hearings, Immunization, Medical liability, Public Health Service Act, Vaccination effects
   

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