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Forensic obstetrics.

K P RUSSELL
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Some of the more important and current aspects of forensic obstetrics are, broadly,1. Fulfillment of basic criteria in all cases of alleged traumatic abortion.2. Utilization of therapeutic abortion review boards, as well as sterilization committees, in all hospitals, with the active support of such committees by all those physicians interested in advancing the art and practice of obstetrics.3. Early and active joint study of professional liability problems by combined groups of physicians and lawyers in every community.

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Abortion, InducedFemaleHumansLawyersLiability, LegalMalpracticeObstetricsPhysiciansPregnancySterilizationABORTION/jurisprudenceMALPRACTICEOBSTETRICS/jurisprudenceJournal Article

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K P RUSSELL. 1959. Forensic obstetrics.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14440311/

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