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Forensic epidemiology : a comprehensive guide for legal and epidemiology professionals /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press,
©1999.
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| Colección: | Medical humanities series
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. 1. The epidemiologist as an expert witness. The epidemiologist, ethics, and "expert witnessing"
- The role of the epidemiologist as an expert witness
- The nature of the testimony
- The purpose of expert testimony
- Qualifying the epidemiologist as an expert witness
- pt. 2. Legal principles of causation. Toxic torts
- Enforcement actions
- pt. 3. Epidemiology and causation. Causation and causal inference
- Research design
- Measures
- Internal and external validity
- Sampling and sample size
- pt. 4. Legal procedures to determine causation. Interrogatories
- Depositions
- Motions for summary judgment
- Direct examination
- Cross-examination
- pt. 5. Reconciling epidemiology and law. Dissonance of purpose
- Causation and causal inference
- Case examples.