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Title: | When intra-partum electronic fetal monitoring becomes court business |
Authors: | Buttigieg, George Gregory |
Keywords: | Fetal heart rate monitoring Fetal monitoring Prenatal diagnosis Medical jurisprudence |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Malta Medical Journal |
Citation: | Malta Medical Journal. 2015, Vol.27(1), p. 40-46 |
Abstract: | Sadly but inevitably, the clinical fruit of all scientific research, like the profile of the Roman god Janus, presents us with two faces - one is patient benefit while the other is medico-legal vulnerability. As part of defensive medicine, there are situations where malpractice risk is minimised by actual elimination of certain high-risk procedures e.g. in the case of some neurosurgical operations. Intra-partum electronic fetal monitoring (IPEFM) is the commonest obstetric procedure in the developed world, producing valuable information of fetal well being as co-related to maternal uterine activity with a scope of guarding fetal well-being in labour. It is a prime example of the therapeutic/ legal liability duality which haunts modern Medicine. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/4399 |
Appears in Collections: | MMJ, Volume 27, Issue 1 MMJ, Volume 27, Issue 1 |
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