Article: Pitocin Authorized by Dr.: Did Dr. Participate in Delivery?(legal issues)(Brief Article)

CASE ON POINT: Fluet v. FL Birth-Related Neur. Inj. Comp. Assoc., 2D00-914 (Fla. App. 3/7/2001)

ISSUE: If an obstetrician orders Pitocin in response to a nurse's call, has he participated in the "delivery" of a baby? The answer may be critical. In this interesting Florida case, this very issue arose after a newborn died within four days of birth. Had the physician "participated in the delivery?"

CASE FACTS: Tracy Fluet was admitted to Morton Plant Hospital on June 12, 1995, for an anticipated normal delivery of a child by the hospital's nurse midwifery services. The hospital had a protocol for certified nurse midwives that required the nurse midwife to ...

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