Expert Evidence in Clinical Negligence: A Practitioner's Guide
Print ISBN: 9781485108917
Print ISBN: 9781485108917
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Year Published:
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
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 –
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.
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