Are malpractice lawsuits really responsible for the rise in C-sections?
by Louise Marie Roth, PhD About one third of all births in the contemporary United States occur via c-section. Physicians and the public at large often attribute this to a "malpractice crisis," whereby obstetricians perform c-sections routinely to avoid malpractice…
by Louise Marie Roth, PhD
About one third of all births in the contemporary United States occur via c-section. Physicians and the public at large often attribute this to a “malpractice crisis,” whereby obstetricians perform c-sections routinely to avoid malpractice litigation. Over the last couple of years, I have been conducting research on obstetric practices and malpractice.
One of the things that I have learned …
Are malpractice lawsuits really responsible for the rise in C-sections?
