When discussing back - up plans, for example, many consumers assume this means Nurse Midwives require supervision because they
lack sufficient
skills to provide full - scope care, but just as a family practice physician collaborates with the obstetrician for
surgical services, so does the Nurse Midwife.
During the litigation of the case, the Intuitive
Surgical Director of Marketing testified that internal marketing material identified and targeted surgeons who were seen as
lacking certain
surgical skills and having a history of only performing minimally invasive procedures.