Cerebral palsy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Litigation=== Because of the perception that cerebral palsy is mostly caused by trauma during birth, as of 2005, 60% of obstetric [[litigation]] was about cerebral palsy, which [[Alastair MacLennan (medicine)|Alastair MacLennan]], Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the [[University of Adelaide]], regards as causing an exodus from the profession.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cerebral Palsy Litigation|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/cerebral-palsy-litigation/3370924#transcript|access-date=21 February 2017|work=[[Radio National]]|date=10 October 2005|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222061659/http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/healthreport/cerebral-palsy-litigation/3370924#transcript|archive-date=22 February 2017}}</ref> In the latter half of the 20th century, obstetric litigation about the cause of cerebral palsy became more common, leading to the practice of [[defensive medicine]].<ref name="Sartwelle" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page