Denny, I would add two other factors contributing to the huge increases in malpractice insurance: the false culturally-implied promise of modern medicine that every baby will be perfect (even 2 generations ago people really understood that sometimes babies died or had malformations or neurological injuries and it wasn't necessarily anyone's "fault") and the reduction in time spent with individual patients, which hampers communication. I once attended a "protect yourself from malpractice" session where the presenting attorney said that the number one cause of malpractice suits was poor communication between health care provider and patient/family. All of these need changing. Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC NYC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html