Effective Medical Testifying
A Courtroom Handbook for Physicians
Published on 30. January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7506-9986-0 (ISBN)
Description
Providing samples of legal questions, this handbook for health care providers focuses on the strategies and verbal tactics employed by trial attorneys. Designed to familiarize physicians with legal proceedings and questions commonly heard in the courtroom and during depositions, the authors present the typical challenges faced in various cases, including personal injury, workers' compensation and medical malpractice. To fully prepare the reader for the responsibilities of being a physician witness, comparisons between ineffective responses and well-thought-out replies to realistic questions are included throughout the book.
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Edition
Annotated edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
All specialists and generalists
Edition type
Annotated edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-9986-0 (9780750699860)
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Content
Medicine and expert witnessing; preparation for trial - presentation in court; qualifying the witness - direct examination; cross examination; trial and error; personal injury - motor vehicle accidents, workers' compensation; medical malpractice - expert witness and physician defendant; medicolegal issues for medical and surgical specialties; the deposition; sample deposition; final closing arguments; appendices - A - federal rules of evidence, B - annotated reference list, C - expert witness checklist, D - primer on medical malpractice, E - algorithms for expert testifying.