Medico-legal experts: some cautionary tales

AVMA (Action for Victims of Medical Accidents) maintains a medico-legal database of over 2000 experts, and every time they make a recommendation to firms that subscribe to the Lawyers Resource Service, they ask for feedback on the expert, crucial in maintaining quality control. Presents cases which...

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Published in:Clinical risk 2001-03, Vol.7 (2), p.63-64
Main Author: Speakman, Liz
Format: Article
Language:English
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Expert witnesses
Medical negligence
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Summary:AVMA (Action for Victims of Medical Accidents) maintains a medico-legal database of over 2000 experts, and every time they make a recommendation to firms that subscribe to the Lawyers Resource Service, they ask for feedback on the expert, crucial in maintaining quality control. Presents cases which are examples of a few of the reports on poor practice. (Quotes from original text)
ISSN:1356-2622
1758-1028
DOI:10.1258/1356262011928077