This study of a major legal database identifies CRAs as significant causes of legal action against MFMp and NPMp involved in the care of high-risk women and infants delivered preterm. Physicians should be especially vigilant with obtaining genuine informed consent and maintaining open communication with families.
Miscommunication between providers and families during prenatal counseling and after birth was a major component of malpractice cases regarding infants born at the threshold of viability. The infant's immediate post-delivery condition and long term prognosis were of primary interest to parents, and improving effective communication may aid toward more genuinely informed resuscitation directives.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.