How reason for surgery and patient weight affect verdicts and perceptions in medical malpractice trials: A comparison of students and jurors

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-418

  Reichert, Jenny ^a   Miller, Monica K ^a   Bornstein, Brian H ^b   Shelton, Donald E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Eastern Michigan University ^*

^d EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; BODY WEIGHT; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 79960458630     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.969     Document Type: Article

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