Quam L, Dingwall R, Fenn P
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, Oxford.
Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1988 May;95(5):454-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb12796.x.
Obstetricians and gynaecologists have been particularly affected by the increase in the cost and number of medical malpractice claims in Britain. US obstetricians and gynaecologists have experienced a disproportionately higher rate of claim than other practitioners in that country. This article reviews the US experience of obstetrics and gynaecology malpractice claims and questions the validity of showing comparisons between the US and UK. However, even if British malpractice claims do not reach the level of American claims, the effects of claims on the National Health Service, recruitment to obstetrics and gynaecology, and clinical practice are significant.
在英国，医疗事故索赔的成本和数量不断增加，这对产科医生和妇科医生的影响尤为显著。在美国，产科医生和妇科医生面临索赔的比例高于该国其他从业者。本文回顾了美国产科和妇科医疗事故索赔的情况，并对英美两国进行比较的有效性提出质疑。然而，即使英国的医疗事故索赔未达到美国的水平，索赔对国民医疗服务体系、产科和妇科的人员招聘以及临床实践的影响也是巨大的。
