The influence of victim characteristics on potential jurors' perceptions of brain damage in mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1027-1030

  Guilmette, Thomas J ^a,b,c   Temple, R O ^b,d   Kennedy, M L ^c   Weiler, M D ^e   Ruffolo, L F ^e   Dufresne, E ^e  

^a PROVIDENCE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern New England Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Head injury litigation; Jury decision making; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATION; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 28244455041     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050500110330     Document Type: Article

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