"I never wanted to be a quack!": The professional deviance of plaintiff experts in contested illness lawsuits: The case of multiple chemical sensitivities

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-198

  Phillips, Tarryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contested illness; Medical community; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Peer pressure; Professional deviance; Toxic torts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT WITNESS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 77954597673     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: 15481387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1387.2010.01096.x     Document Type: Article

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