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SVMIC Obstetrics Risks: Delivering the Goods
the process lacking. Plaintiff attorneys are eager to assert the
adage that “if it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done”. While this
is not necessarily true, the lack of documentation may unduly
handicap the physician’s legal defense.
In order to ensure the patient has been given sufficient
information with which to make an informed decision regarding
the course of her medical treatment, the following should be
discussed and documented in the prenatal office medical
record:
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