Expert Testimony - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Protecting raw data and psychological tests from wrongful disclosure: a primer on the law and other persuasive strategies.

30 Aug 2009 Psychologists must advocate for more stringent legal protection of psychological test materials because using standardized tests is the most distinguishing and exclusive feature of psychological evaluation practice. With the rapid growth in forensic ... Read more...

The role of the expert witness in the adversarial legal system.

30 Jul 2009 So often we hear the legal profession berate expert witnesses as "hired guns" whose bias is for sale. While this may be relevant to a small minority of "experts", the majority do their job with integrity and in an ethical fashion. An advocate for a ... Read more...

[Infanticide by throwing the child from the 10th floor of a building]

29 Jun 2009 Childbirth after denial or concealment of pregnancy has an increased risk of mortality for both mother and child. Interdisciplinary cooperation between professional groups is needed to explore the psychological and criminological aspects of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Expert Testimony - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Legal equality or tombola?] 20 Oct 2009
• The treating piysician as a witness. 30 Aug 2009
• Protecting raw data and psychological tests from wrongful disclosure: a primer on the law and other persuasive strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• [Treatment error in administering an enema: a fully manageable risk] 30 Aug 2009
• [BGH, Beschl. 6. May 2008, Az: VI ZR 250/07--from freestyle to responsibility] 10 Aug 2009
• Bearing witness. 30 Jul 2009
• NY: Failure to administer TPA to stroke victim: TPA not indicated while in defendants' care. Flanagan v. Catskill Regional Medical Center, 2009-NY-06161 (8/11/2009)-NY. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of the expert witness in the adversarial legal system. 30 Jul 2009
• Challenging an assumption. A pathologist questions shaken baby syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Legislation may drive homebirths underground. 30 Jul 2009
• [Injuries of the pharyngeal posterior wall in tonsillectomy as a serious malpractice] 28 Jul 2009
• [Reimbursement for result reports for the instruction of the courts. Decision of the Regional Welfare Court of Schleswig-Holstein from December 10, 2008] 21 Jul 2009
• [Infanticide by throwing the child from the 10th floor of a building] 29 Jun 2009
• [Evaluation of injuries by means of photographs in a homicide (manslaughter or murder) barred by the statute of limitations] 29 Jun 2009
• [The interest of otoacoustic emissions in medical expertises for noise-induced hearing loss] 29 Jun 2009
• [Expert assessment of tinnitus in statutory accident insurance] 29 Jun 2009
• [Control of infection risks--primum non nocere. Remarks with reference to hygiene standards in medical malpractice law] 29 Jun 2009
• Policy statement--Expert witness participation in civil and criminal proceedings. 29 Jun 2009
• [Carpal tunnel syndrome as possible occupational disease. Occupational medicine assessment] 21 Jun 2009
• [Carpal tunnel syndrome as a possible occupational disease. Neurologic assessment] 21 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Expert Testimony'

Definition: Presentation of pertinent data by one with special skill or knowledge representing mastery of a particular subject.

Descriptor UI: D005104

Alternative terms: Expert Testimony; Expert Testimonies; Testimony, Expert; Expert Witness; Expert Witnesses; Witness, Expert; Witnesses, Expert; Expert Opinion; Expert Opinions; Opinion, Expert;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; standards; trends; utilization;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.583.232; N03.706.535.253;

History Note: 66