Word: caesarian
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Heath care is likely the most important victim of America’s insatiable urge to sue; fears of malpractice suits push doctors to over-medicate their patients and employ expensive medical procedures excessively. In the last thirty years, for example, the number of American babies delivered by Caesarian section has increased five-fold, an increase fueled in part by bank-breaking jury awards in malpractice suits that found doctors liable for the pain and suffering of patients born with congenital diseases, such as cerebral palsy. A 2003 study in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, however, found that...
...you’re worried about your team suffering a Caesarian meltdown, pull out the New Testament for some prayers...
...slipping away unrewarded. Doctors in charge disagree about how to best save the mother and the baby. They deal with this crisis with that provocative detachment of men dealing with death without being vulnerable to it. While the majority of doctors insist on the need for a caesarian section, there are a few-one of which is the leading doctor in this hospital-who believe that the mother is not giving enough effort to make this process work. Despite the fact that the majority prefers active intervention, the doctors submit to the will of the few, and they all stand...
...Brazilian doctors performed a Caesarian section on Neide Neves dos Santos, 24. She has been in a coma...
...that simply charming couple from San Diego hadn't already lined up a production team. What San Diego couple, you ask? Why, the very one that had originally intended to visit the island nation of Kiribati, conveniently located near the international date line, so the wife could receive a Caesarian section once the clock struck midnight, of course. Yeah, aren't you a sucker you didn't think of that one first...