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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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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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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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Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1976
Abstract Witnesses in courts of law may generally be divided into “fact” witnesses and expert witnesses. The law relative to fact witnesses for the most part is well defined, but the law relative to expert witnesses differs considerably in the various jurisdictions.
G J, Byrd, T, Stults
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Abstract Witnesses in courts of law may generally be divided into “fact” witnesses and expert witnesses. The law relative to fact witnesses for the most part is well defined, but the law relative to expert witnesses differs considerably in the various jurisdictions.
G J, Byrd, T, Stults
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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.
C, Northrop, A, Mech
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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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Medicine, Science and the Law, 1988
At the present time expert witnesses have almost no training for that role. It is also becoming very difficult to obtain suitable experience in advance of exposure to cross-examination in a major case, due to alterations in court procedure. The medical profession takes scant notice of the needs of lawyers and the courts.
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At the present time expert witnesses have almost no training for that role. It is also becoming very difficult to obtain suitable experience in advance of exposure to cross-examination in a major case, due to alterations in court procedure. The medical profession takes scant notice of the needs of lawyers and the courts.
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The Physician as an Expert Witness
New England Journal of Medicine, 1962THE chances are infinitely better than 50:50 that the average physician would reply to an invitation to appear in court with a polite refusal. Even when he has a personal or professional interest in a party to a lawsuit, the average practitioner of medicine is not anxious to consider becoming an active participant in a trial. Certainly, if there is the
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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2007
The legal system depends on the medical expert for evidence. Doctors readily complain about frivolous cases that go to trial, yet a lawyer cannot bring a frivolous claim to trial without a physician expert witness stating that the claim is not frivolous.
J Bauer, Horton +7 more
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The legal system depends on the medical expert for evidence. Doctors readily complain about frivolous cases that go to trial, yet a lawyer cannot bring a frivolous claim to trial without a physician expert witness stating that the claim is not frivolous.
J Bauer, Horton +7 more
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Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2013
AbstractPaediatricians may be asked to provide expert opinion in paediatric cases that come under legal consideration. This article provides suggestions to assist paediatricians in this role and emphasises their duty to the court when giving expert opinion.
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AbstractPaediatricians may be asked to provide expert opinion in paediatric cases that come under legal consideration. This article provides suggestions to assist paediatricians in this role and emphasises their duty to the court when giving expert opinion.
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