The MedMal Room: The Jury Is Watching - Why ACOG Guidelines Alone Won’t Save You
The Safety Ledger - In obstetrics, the courtroom—not the classroom—defines the standard of care.
Imagine standing before a jury of twelve ordinary citizens, none of whom have ever delivered a baby. They lean in as a lawyer displays your hospital’s oxytocin record and fetal monitor strip on a screen the size of a wall. You know what those decelerations mean. They do not. But they will decide whether you met the “standard of care.”
What “Standard of C…
