Emergency Medicine
Data from St. Vincent's Hospital provide new insights into emergency medicine
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, January 7th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Emergency physicians as expert witnesses: 'from frontline wise to courtroom woes',' have been published. "A 'Medical Expert' witness is one who has been accepted by the court as having special knowledge of the subject about which they are testifying and as a result is allowed to give evidence of their medical opinion. In contrast, ordinary witnesses can only give evidence regarding facts that they have observed," investigators in Melbourne, Australia report.
"Emergency medicine is one of a few speciality areas of medicine more likely to be involved in legal proceedings. Preparing the emergency physician to be an expert witness is...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2010-01-07)
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