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Uncertain causation in medical liability /
'Proving' the cause of the plaintiff's injury in personal injury litigation often entails significant challenges, particularly when science cannot identify the cause of a biological phenomenon or when the nature of this cause is debatable. This problem is frequently encountered in med...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; Portland, Or. :
Hart Pub.,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 'Proving' the cause of the plaintiff's injury in personal injury litigation often entails significant challenges, particularly when science cannot identify the cause of a biological phenomenon or when the nature of this cause is debatable. This problem is frequently encountered in medical malpractice cases, where the limitations of scientific knowledge are still extensive. Yet judges must decide cases, however uncertain the evidence with regard to proof of causation. Reluctant to leave patients without compensation, courts have in some cases challenged their traditional approach to causation t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxxii, 270 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781847312730 184731273X 1841135178 9781841135175 128081411X 9781280814112 9781472559920 1472559924 |