• Front Matter R1-R16

• Keynote Address 1-6

• Part I. The Medical Background 7-8

• The Impact of Technology Assessment and Medical Malpractice on the Diffusion of Medical Technologies: The Case of Electronic Fetal Monitoring 9-26

• Is the Rising Rate of Cesarean Sections a Result of More Defensive Medicine? 27-40

• Medical Professional Liability in Screening for Genetic Disorders and Birth Defects 41-56

• Part II. Effects on Access to and Delivery of Obstetrical Care 57-58

• Obstetrical Care for Low-Income Women: The Effects of Medicine Malpractice on Community Health Centers 59-77

• Medical Professional Liability and Access to Obstetrical Care: Is there a Crisis? 78-96

• Medical Professional Liability and the Relations between Doctors and Their Patients 97-103

• Professional Liability Insurance and Nurse-Midwifery Practice 104-112

• Part III. The Legal Issues 113-114

• Market and Regulatory Approaches to Medical Malpractice: The Virginia Obstetrical No-Fault Statute 115-135

• A Fault-Based Administrative Alternative for Resolving Medical Malpractice Claims: The AMA-Specialty Society Medical Liability Project 136-160

• The Shadow of the Law: Jury Decisions in Obstetrics and Gynecology Cases 161-193

• The Virginia Birth-Related Injury Compensation Act: Limited No-Fault Statutes as Solutions to the 194-212

• Legislative Proposals on Medical Professional Liability Regarding the Delivery of Maternal and Child Health Care 213-228

• Index 229-240

" Professional Liability Insurance and Nurse-Midwifery Practice ." Medical Professional Liability and the Delivery of Obstetrical Care: Volume II, An Interdisciplinary Review . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1989 .

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