The medical expert witness: Time to regulate conflicts of interest

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-16

  Donaldson, Liam ^a   Kaplan, Carole ^a   Leung, Wai Ching ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CHILD; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; LEGAL APPROACH;

ADULT; CHILD; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; EXPERT TESTIMONY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 0032605540     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002580249903900104     Document Type: Article

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