{"title":"Myths of Malpractice","authors":"L. Roth","doi":"10.18574/nyu/9781479812257.003.0004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the institutional culture of American maternity care and analyzes the common belief that malpractice lawsuits are arbitrary, unpredictable, and irrational threats. The high cost of liability insurance, the impossibility of guaranteeing perfect outcomes, and knowledge of lawsuits or experience with claims has produced a culture of anxiety and risk avoidance among obstetricians. At the same time, the rate of malpractice lawsuits has declined over time, largely because the cost of pursuing a case is very high. Healthcare professionals also wield enormous power to define the standard of care, which is the benchmark for medical negligence. Rather than many lawsuits being frivolous, there are many genuine victims of negligence who cannot find legal representation.","PeriodicalId":354942,"journal":{"name":"The Business of Birth","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Business of Birth","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9781479812257.003.0004","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This chapter explores the institutional culture of American maternity care and analyzes the common belief that malpractice lawsuits are arbitrary, unpredictable, and irrational threats. The high cost of liability insurance, the impossibility of guaranteeing perfect outcomes, and knowledge of lawsuits or experience with claims has produced a culture of anxiety and risk avoidance among obstetricians. At the same time, the rate of malpractice lawsuits has declined over time, largely because the cost of pursuing a case is very high. Healthcare professionals also wield enormous power to define the standard of care, which is the benchmark for medical negligence. Rather than many lawsuits being frivolous, there are many genuine victims of negligence who cannot find legal representation.
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