Expert evidence and healthcare professionals

Ian Freckelton

doi:10.1002/9780470973158.ch1

Expert evidence and healthcare professionals

Ian Freckelton

Department of Forensic Medicine

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Current Practice in Forensic Medicine
Editors	John Gall, Jason Payne-James
Place of Publication	West Sussex UK
Publisher	John Wiley & Sons
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9780470973165, 9780470973158
ISBN (Print)	9780470744871
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470973158.ch1
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2011

Keywords

Adversarial judicial systems, in UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the US-cases decided on the basis of information adduced by parties to litigation
cross-examination, exercise of testing, probing and imposition of accountability
Doctors and healthcare professionals-finding it stressful and traumatic, in giving evidence in courts and tribunals, as expert witnesses
Evidentiary rules of admissibility-determining information, experts are permitted to provide to courts
Examination-in-chief, cross-examination and re-examination of medical practitioners-forensic physicians' ability in adapting to the witness box
Expert evidence and healthcare professionals
Expert witnesses, the special entitlement-giving evidence, in the form of opinions, not just facts
Expert' for court purposes-person, with specialized knowledge by reason of skill, experience or training
Eye contact, taking it out-of-play as a technique-helpful for the witness
Forensic physicians and forensic pathologists-with experience, familiarity in giving evidence in court, sometimes finding it difficult

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