Expert evidence in clinical negligence

A practitioners guide

Patrick van den Heever, Natalie Lawrenson (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

164 Seiten

2017
Juta Legal and Academic Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4851-0891-7 (ISBN)

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Expert medical evidence is often essential and pivotal in support or defence of medical negligence. Such cases invariably involve questions of technical and factual complexity requiring the evaluation of conflicting expert medical testimony. In this book, the first standalone textbook on expert evidence in South Africa, the authors expound and extrapolate the whole process from the initial obtaining of the relevant health records to the eventual testimony of the medical expert witness in court. The authors offer an instructive guide to busy practitioners to assist them with - Identifying the correct expert speciality or sub-speciality, The construction of a medico-legal opinion, The status of joint minutes of such experts, The preparation of an expert's examination-in-chief, Cross- and re-examination of an expert. Expert evidence in clinical negligence also discusses the invaluable role of experts in the resolution of medical malpractice disputes by way of mediation. Relevant case law and the applicable uniform rules of court are comprehensively discussed and set out in the footnotes for ease of reference.

Health records; The nature of opinion and expert evidence; The production of expert evidence; Obtaining the expert opinion/report; Preparing the expert to testify; Qualifying costs of the expert witness and related fees; Grading the quality of expert evidence and statistical medical evidence; The role of medical experts in alternative dispute resolution; Training and accreditation of experts; Templates: Request for clinical notes, Request for access to records (public body), Request for access to records (private body), Recognition of specialities, Letter of instruction to expert; Postscript: Oppelt v Head: Health, department of health provincial administration: Western Cape.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.09.2017
Verlagsort	Kenwyn
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Besonderes Schuldrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Medizinrecht
ISBN-10	1-4851-0891-8 / 1485108918
ISBN-13	978-1-4851-0891-7 / 9781485108917
Zustand	Neuware