Medico-legal litigation in Obstetrics: a characterization analysis of a decade in Portugal

• Main Authors: Ana Patrícia Rodrigues Domingues (Author), Adriana Belo (Author), Paulo Moura (Author), Duarte Nuno Vieira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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PURPOSE: It was to analyse the most critical areas in Obstetrics and to suggest measures to reduce or avoid the situations most often involved in these disputes. METHODS: Obstetrics cases submitted to the Medico-legal Council since the creation of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensi...