A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation
A very uncommon case of an intrahepatic hemangioma rupture as a cause of a stillborn baby is presented. It seems that the event could not be detected. However, the idea of litigation pushed parents to ascertain hypothetical liability of physicians 10 years after the stillbirth. The reason that paren...
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| author | U. Indraccolo S.R. Indraccolo P. Greco P. Fedeli |
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| description | A very uncommon case of an intrahepatic hemangioma rupture as a cause of a stillborn baby is presented. It seems that the event could not be detected. However, the idea of litigation pushed parents to ascertain hypothetical liability of physicians 10 years after the stillbirth. The reason that parents do not comprehend that such a rare event could occur and opt for litigation was investigated. The conclusion seems that some patients’ beliefs do not agree with physician counseling and cause the failure of the medical goals for the best care; thus, an improvement in counseling would still be ineffective. Rather, lowering parents’ expectations from medical assessments and care seems the right way to reduce the incidence of litigation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-04bcfc1fbf5d4908b6cec7982da128012025-08-20T02:03:05ZengIMR PressClinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology0390-66632020-06-0147345245410.31083/j.ceog.2020.03.5042S0390-6663(20)00289-4A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigationU. Indraccolo0S.R. Indraccolo1P. Greco2P. Fedeli3Maternal-Infantile Department. Section of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Sant'Anna University Hospital of Ferrara - Cona, ItalyDepartment of Gynecological, Obstetrical, and Urological Sciences. “Sapienza” University of Rome (Italy)Department of Morphology, Surgery and Experimental Medicine, Section of Obstetric and Gynaecology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, ItalySchool of Law, Legal medicine. University of Camerino, ItalyA very uncommon case of an intrahepatic hemangioma rupture as a cause of a stillborn baby is presented. It seems that the event could not be detected. However, the idea of litigation pushed parents to ascertain hypothetical liability of physicians 10 years after the stillbirth. The reason that parents do not comprehend that such a rare event could occur and opt for litigation was investigated. The conclusion seems that some patients’ beliefs do not agree with physician counseling and cause the failure of the medical goals for the best care; thus, an improvement in counseling would still be ineffective. Rather, lowering parents’ expectations from medical assessments and care seems the right way to reduce the incidence of litigation.https://www.imrpress.com/journal/CEOG/47/3/10.31083/j.ceog.2020.03.5042fetal intrahepatic hemangiomastillbirthlitigation |
| spellingShingle | U. Indraccolo S.R. Indraccolo P. Greco P. Fedeli A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology fetal intrahepatic hemangioma stillbirth litigation |
| title | A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| title_full | A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| title_fullStr | A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| title_short | A case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| title_sort | case of stillbirth caused by rupture of an intrahepatic hemangioma and the wish for litigation |
| topic | fetal intrahepatic hemangioma stillbirth litigation |
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