Ethics of serving as a plaintiff's expert medical witness

Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-102

  Jones, James W ^a   McCullough, Laurence B ^b   Richman, Bruce W ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENCE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042563309     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. American College of Physicians, Guidelines for the physician expert witness. Ann Intern Med. 113:1990;789