Lessons from Medicolegal Cases in Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Improving Clinical Practice

ISBN-13: 9781108995115 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Swati Jha; Eloise Power

Opis

Presents examples of successful and unsuccessful legal claims in obstetrics and gynaecology with best practice guidance to avoid litigation.

Spis treści

Preface Swati Jha; Foreword medical protection society; 1. Recent trends in clinical negligence claims in England John Mead; 2. From complaint to litigation Eloise Power; 3. Being a medicolegal expert and report writing Swati Jha; 4. Consent: Legal and clinical implications James Badenoch; 5. Prenatal diagnosis and wrongful birth David Howe; 6. Obstetric perineal trauma Abdul H. Sultan; 7. Medical disorders of pregnancy Kara Dent; 8. Fetal growth restriction and unexplained stillbirth Emma Ferriman; 9. Fetal monitoring and the challenges of identifying the fetus at risk of intrapartum hypoxia Emma Ferriman; 10. Shoulder dystocia Tim Draycott; 11. Obstetric haemorrhage and retained products of conception Andrew Farkas; 12. Infection and sepsis in pregnancy Adam Gornall; 13. Caesarean section including uterine rupture and full dilatation caesarean deliveries Emma Ferriman; 14. Assisted vaginal Birth Jo Crofts; 15. Breech presentation and delivery Myles Taylor; 16. Multiple pregnancy Mark Kilby; 17. The cervix: The nemesis of O & G Janesh K. Gupta; 18. Hysterectomy for HMB Janesh K. Gupta; 19. Endometriosis Alfred Cutner; 20. Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy Stephen Porter; 21. Ovarian surgery, menopause hormone therapy and contraception Peter O'Donovan, Charles O'Donovan; 22. Incontinence surgery and bladder care Swati Jha; 23. Vaginal Prolapse Ian Currie; 24. Subfertility and assisted conception Raj Mathur; 25. Gynaecological precancer John Murdoch; 26. Gynaecological malignancy Helen Bolton, Anastasia Georgiou.