{"title":"Surviving a malpractice suit","authors":"Christine Kuhlman CNM, MPH","doi":"10.1016/0091-2182(90)90167-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Few CNMs to date have been sued and fewer yet have been through the trauma of a malpractice suit. The following article is a synopsis of the malpractice process from summons through trial. Interspersed throughout are personal recollections and responses of one CNM who endured a two-week trial.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16670,"journal":{"name":"Journal of nurse-midwifery","volume":"35 3","pages":"Pages 166-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0091-2182(90)90167-4","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of nurse-midwifery","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0091218290901674","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
Abstract
Few CNMs to date have been sued and fewer yet have been through the trauma of a malpractice suit. The following article is a synopsis of the malpractice process from summons through trial. Interspersed throughout are personal recollections and responses of one CNM who endured a two-week trial.