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Re: Gel, Pit, & VBAC tragedy From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Sat Mar 3 10:44:38 2001 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Liability for homebirth" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Irish Govt asked to pay OB premiums" In reply to: Marilyn Ringst: "Re: Gel, Pit, & VBAC tragedy" Marilyn - also driven some companies to extinction, products to leave the market, windfall profits for attorneys and oft negligible per capita compensation to the injured. the proliferation of fetal monitoring, as an example, had as much to do with risk management as with science. for the added expense of the equipment and the number of "bad baby" judgements, the payoff has not been in a real decrease in cerebral palsy. it is true, however, that when intramural review suggesting a problem is ignored, extramural action often, if not invariably, follows. pity. just my opinion, i could be wrong. art At Fri, 02 Mar 2001, Marilyn Ringst wrote: > ><<collect a few more legal actions such as this and i think you'll start >seeing in house anesthesia. > >Art>> > >Art: I think that’s the point of this report: > >“NEW YORK — Lawsuits brought by injured consumers have saved millions of >lives and prevented innumerable injuries, according to a major new report >released today by the Center for Justice & Democracy (CJ&D). Joanne >Doroshow, CJ&D's Executive Director, said the report, Lifesavers: CJ&D's >Guide to Lawsuits That Protect Us All, examines over 80 personal injury >lawsuits, each of which led to major safety improvements benefiting large >numbers of people. Said Doroshow, "Time and again, lawsuits have caused >culpable manufacturers, polluters, hospitals and other entities to stop >their negligent behavior or misconduct." > >http://centerjd.org/lifesaverspr.htm > >-- >Marilyn Ringstaff, CNM > -- art fougner, md A series of 1000 cases begins with but a single anecdote. Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Liability for homebirth" Previous message: art fougner, md: "Re: Irish Govt asked to pay OB premiums" In reply to: Marilyn Ringst: "Re: Gel, Pit, & VBAC tragedy"

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