Battling the obstetric malpractice crisis: improving patient safety, part 2.

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Battling the obstetric malpractice crisis: improving patient safety, part 2.

January 4, 2006

Bernstein PS.

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This article addresses systems issues that need to be resolved in order to improve the safety of obstetric care. Part I of this series discussed the inevitability of error in medicine.

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