Expert Testimony
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Saturday, November 21, 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...

Identification and prioritization of quality indicators in clinical genetics: an international survey.

13 Aug 2009 The range and demand for clinical genetic services will continue to grow, and now is an ideal time to assess current service quality. Based on the previous work of quality professional organizations such as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and The ... 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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Expert Testimony'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Legal equality or tombola?] 20 Oct 2009
• Swine flu vaccine is a "thousandfold" safer than the infection, say experts. 14 Sep 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
• The medical mafia. 29 Aug 2009
• [Emperor's new clothes?] 25 Aug 2009
• Identification and prioritization of quality indicators in clinical genetics: an international survey. 13 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
• The otolaryngologist as an expert witness. 30 Jul 2009
• Challenging an assumption. A pathologist questions shaken baby syndrome. 30 Jul 2009
• Legislation may drive homebirths underground. 30 Jul 2009
• Controversial case in endourology. A 27-year-old man suffered a blast injury while serving in Iraq. A right perinephric hematoma and shrapnel near the hilum of the right kidney were noted on CT. 30 Jul 2009
• Experts applaud policy overhaul of US AIDS relief program. 30 Jul 2009
• [Injuries of the pharyngeal posterior wall in tonsillectomy as a serious malpractice] 28 Jul 2009
• [Expert opinion on opioid therapy of non-tumorous pain] 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

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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