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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6: JANUARY 1997
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PRACTICE POINTS:

Pregnancy markers anticipating Shoulder Dystocia:

1. maternal obesity
2. clinically large fetus
3. abnormal glucose tolerance
4. postdates pregnancy

Sequential management of Shoulder Dystocia:

1. McRoberts' Manoeuvre
2. suprapubic pressure
3. Woods' (corkscrew) Manoeuvre
4. deliver posterior arm

PRACTICE POINT:

Placebo and Nocebo reactions are a part of the human condition and must be considered in every Personal Injury and Medical Negligence action.

PRACTICE POINT:

There is a theoretical basis for traumatic provocation of relapse of Multiple Sclerosis but no empirical evidence.

PRACTICE POINTS:

There is no known pathogenetic mechanism whereby a physically traumatic event might cause cancer.

The growth of brain tumours takes years if not decades.

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