Extent and determinants of physician participation in expert witness testimony

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-449

  Ashar, Bimal H ^a   Miller, Redonda G ^b   Powe, Neil R ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins Green Spring   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Expert witness testimony; Legal review; Physician income

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN INCOME; REVIEW;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 17244365804     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000145282.48033.18     Document Type: Review

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