Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review (1989)
Chapter: Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?
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Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
Suggested Citation:
"Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine?." Institute of Medicine. 1989. Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/1205.
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