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The Physician as Expert Witness
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America, 2019Any physician who has authored an Independent Medical Evaluation or medical record review can and should anticipate being called as an expert witness (EW). Litigants rely on EW testimony in most civil cases. The most common areas in which EWs participate and provide opinions and testimony are workers' compensation, personal injury, and medical ...
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British Journal of Perioperative Nursing (United Kingdom), 2005
This article defines the role of the expert witness. The author outlines what is needed to become an expert witness and gives an overview of what is involved, highlighting the positive as well as the negative aspects of the task.
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This article defines the role of the expert witness. The author outlines what is needed to become an expert witness and gives an overview of what is involved, highlighting the positive as well as the negative aspects of the task.
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Expert Advice for the Expert Witness
Advances in Anesthesia, 2023The malpractice system in the United States provides civil remedies-payment-for patients injured by non-standard-of-care medical practice. Anesthesiologists are not sued often, but one can still expect to be named in a suit at least once in their career.
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
To the Editor.— In a recent letter, Mr Uzych 1 expressed the opinion that "litigation by its nature is adversarial.... The expert medical witness may suffer a wrenching experience as a seasoned trial attorney tortures the `truth' in an effort to obtain a good result for the client." In another letter in the same issue, Oxley 2 makes the following ...
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To the Editor.— In a recent letter, Mr Uzych 1 expressed the opinion that "litigation by its nature is adversarial.... The expert medical witness may suffer a wrenching experience as a seasoned trial attorney tortures the `truth' in an effort to obtain a good result for the client." In another letter in the same issue, Oxley 2 makes the following ...
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Clinics in Plastic Surgery, 1999
The worst mistake any attorney or physician involved in a case of medical negligence can make is to underestimate the opponent. The expert witness may know a lot more about a certain field than the physician, or at least a lot more about what the basic standard of care is for a particular case.
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The worst mistake any attorney or physician involved in a case of medical negligence can make is to underestimate the opponent. The expert witness may know a lot more about a certain field than the physician, or at least a lot more about what the basic standard of care is for a particular case.
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Ophthalmology, 1990
The rewards for suits for medical negligence have generated a service industry for plaintiff's lawyers. The provision of "experts" for a contingency fee and the solicitation of plaintiff's attorneys by some physicians to serve as "experts" for large fees may result in highly biased and inaccurate testimony.
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The rewards for suits for medical negligence have generated a service industry for plaintiff's lawyers. The provision of "experts" for a contingency fee and the solicitation of plaintiff's attorneys by some physicians to serve as "experts" for large fees may result in highly biased and inaccurate testimony.
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Nursing, Law & Ethics, 1981
Traditionally the great majority of health care related malpractice suits have involved physicians and hospitals. Increasingly, however, greater attention is being given to nurses as potential defendants and thus as sources for recovery in malpractice suits.
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Traditionally the great majority of health care related malpractice suits have involved physicians and hospitals. Increasingly, however, greater attention is being given to nurses as potential defendants and thus as sources for recovery in malpractice suits.
C, Northrop, A, Mech
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Clinics in Perinatology, 2007
One of the most important interfaces between medicine and law occurs in the courtroom. When medical issues are litigated, physicians have potential to make excellent witnesses. This article reviews the proper role, qualifications, and ethical requirements of expert witnesses, the law of professional negligence, and the regulation of unprofessional ...
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One of the most important interfaces between medicine and law occurs in the courtroom. When medical issues are litigated, physicians have potential to make excellent witnesses. This article reviews the proper role, qualifications, and ethical requirements of expert witnesses, the law of professional negligence, and the regulation of unprofessional ...
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JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1984
Expert witness for the prosecution? Expert witness for the defense? Expert witness for the court? How about unbiased expert witness for the truth? Elsewhere in this issue, Goldsmith 1,2 describes in two MEDICAL NEWS stories the evolving opinion pertaining to the practice of being an expert witness, with particular emphasis on forensic psychiatry ...
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Expert witness for the prosecution? Expert witness for the defense? Expert witness for the court? How about unbiased expert witness for the truth? Elsewhere in this issue, Goldsmith 1,2 describes in two MEDICAL NEWS stories the evolving opinion pertaining to the practice of being an expert witness, with particular emphasis on forensic psychiatry ...
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The Role of the Expert Witness
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2007The role of expert witnesses in medical malpractice litigation is often misunderstood. Much maligned, the expert has been the subject of castigation by a range of people, from his professional colleagues to the jurists who preside over his testimony. From an academic perspective, the expert witness is a necessary evil, and his denigration is his own ...
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