Two sets of ten commandments for obstetricians.

SIR Part One If your main aim is to control parturition and protect yourself against legal charges of negligence: 1) Belong to a huge, anonymous medical team, so that the 'patients' don't know you personally. 2) Be as conventional as possible in your medical practice. 3) Control the process of delivery as much as possible. 4) Never allow a labouring woman to be without a professional. 5) Chart everything as much as possible. 6) Share your anxiety with all the members of your team. 7) Share your responsibilities with as many different kinds of doctors as possible. 8) If you have a choice between waiting to see what happens and intervention, intervene. 9) As soon as a baby is born, send it to a paediatric unit if there is the slightest problem. 10) Don't pay any attention to statistics because lawyers only ever consider individual cases.