Comparison of plaintiff and defendant expert witness qualification in malpractice litigation in otolaryngology

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 764-769

  Eloy, Jean Anderson ^a,b   Svider, Peter F ^a   Patel, Dharti ^a   Setzen, Michael ^c,d   Baredes, Soly ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RWJ Barnabas Health   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Expert witness ethical obligations; H index; Litigation; Medical expert witness testimony; Medical malpractice; Medicolegal; Witness expertise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LICENSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; WORK EXPERIENCE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

EXPERT TESTIMONY; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879291008     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813481943     Document Type: Article

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