The Business of Birth
The Business of Birth

Author: Louise Marie Roth

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2021-02-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 1479812250

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How the fear of malpractice affects mothers and reproductive choices Giving birth is a monumental event, not only in the personal life of the woman giving birth, but as a medical process and procedure. In The Business of Birth, Louise Marie Roth explores the process of giving birth, and the ways in which medicine and law interact to shape maternity care. Focusing on the United States, Roth explores how the law creates an environment where medical providers, malpractice attorneys, and others limit women’s rights and choices during birth. She shows how a fear of liability risk often drives the decision-making process of medical providers, who prioritize hospital efficiency over patient safety, to the detriment of mothers themselves. Ultimately, Roth advocates for an approach that protects the reproductive rights of mothers. A comprehensive overview, The Business of Birth provides valuable insight into the impact of the law on mothers, medical providers, maternity care practices, and others in the United States.

Birth Settings in America
Birth Settings in America

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 0309669820

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The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any other country in the world, yet outcomes are worse than other high-resource countries, and even worse for Black and Native American women. There are a variety of factors that influence childbirth, including social determinants such as income, educational levels, access to care, financing, transportation, structural racism and geographic variability in birth settings. It is important to reevaluate the United States' approach to maternal and newborn care through the lens of these factors across multiple disciplines. Birth Settings in America: Outcomes, Quality, Access, and Choice reviews and evaluates maternal and newborn care in the United States, the epidemiology of social and clinical risks in pregnancy and childbirth, birth settings research, and access to and choice of birth settings.

Prenatal Care
Prenatal Care

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1988-02-01

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0309038928

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Prenatal care programs have proven effective in improving birth outcomes and preventing low birthweight. Yet over one-fourth of all pregnant women in the United States do not begin prenatal care in the first 3 months of pregnancy, and for some groupsâ€"such as black teenagersâ€"participation in prenatal care is declining. To find out why, the authors studied 30 prenatal care programs and analyzed surveys of mothers who did not seek prenatal care. This new book reports their findings and offers specific recommendations for improving the nation's maternity system and increasing the use of prenatal care programs.

Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Author: Swati Jha

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-06-26

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 3319786830

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This book highlights minimum standards relating to the management of different conditions in the practice of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The editors explore clinical governance issues, common causes of as well as ways to avoid litigation. The UK is experiencing a dramatic increase in medico-legal claims. The 4 main reasons for litigation are: accountability, the need for an explanation, concern with standards of care and compensation. However the decision to take legal action is determined not only by the original injury, but failure to provide information, an explanation and an apology. Insensitive handling of an injury and poor communication after the original incident increases the risk of litigation and erodes the patient-doctor relationship. Doctors almost never deliberately cause harm to patients, however increasingly claims are being defended successfully. This book is invaluable to clinicians and lawyers alike and raises awareness of how to avoid facing clinical negligence claims in our day to day practice.

Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management
Textbook of Patient Safety and Clinical Risk Management

Author: Liam Donaldson

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-14

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 3030594033

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Implementing safety practices in healthcare saves lives and improves the quality of care: it is therefore vital to apply good clinical practices, such as the WHO surgical checklist, to adopt the most appropriate measures for the prevention of assistance-related risks, and to identify the potential ones using tools such as reporting & learning systems. The culture of safety in the care environment and of human factors influencing it should be developed from the beginning of medical studies and in the first years of professional practice, in order to have the maximum impact on clinicians' and nurses' behavior. Medical errors tend to vary with the level of proficiency and experience, and this must be taken into account in adverse events prevention. Human factors assume a decisive importance in resilient organizations, and an understanding of risk control and containment is fundamental for all medical and surgical specialties. This open access book offers recommendations and examples of how to improve patient safety by changing practices, introducing organizational and technological innovations, and creating effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable care systems, in order to spread the quality and patient safety culture among the new generation of healthcare professionals, and is intended for residents and young professionals in different clinical specialties.

Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics
Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics

Author: Gerald G. Briggs

Publisher: ASHP

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 1585283371

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Introducing Diseases, Complications, and Drug Therapy in Obstetrics— A Guide for Clinicians. Edited by Gerald Briggs and Michael Nageotte, two of the leading names in maternal-fetal medicine, this new resource both answers your questions and provides practical tools for your daily patient care. This book is comprised of 27 chapters and broken down in three key sections: I. General Considerations in Pregnancy and Lactation II. Complications Unique to Pregnancy III. Treatment of Chronic Diseases in Pregnancy In sections II and III, case discussions bookend the chapters and there are extensive figures, tables, and discussion questions throughout. This text is designed to help you navigate the best course of treatment for your patients. Learn how to safely treat expectant mothers who suffer from chronic diseases, such as: Asthma Depression Gestational diabetes Epilepsy Chronic hypertension Infectious disease Nausea Autoimmune disease Thromboembolic disease Thyroid disease The two expert editors and thirty-two contributors cover many of the questions your patients may ask, including: - Which over-the-counter medicines are safe? - What physiologic changes are normal during pregnancy? - Will this cause my baby any developmental delays? - Is this medication safe during lactation? If you work with pregnant women and lactating mothers, you need to understand the risks and rewards of drug therapy. Your well-informed choices can save lives.

Science and Babies
Science and Babies

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-02-01

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 0309041368

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By all indicators, the reproductive health of Americans has been deteriorating since 1980. Our nation is troubled by rates of teen pregnancies and newborn deaths that are worse than almost all others in the Western world. Science and Babies is a straightforward presentation of the major reproductive issues we face that suggests answers for the public. The book discusses how the clash of opinions on sex and family planning prevents us from making a national commitment to reproductive health; why people in the United States have fewer contraceptive choices than those in many other countries; what we need to do to improve social and medical services for teens and people living in poverty; how couples should "shop" for a fertility service and make consumer-wise decisions; and what we can expect in the futureâ€"featuring interesting accounts of potential scientific advances.