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The Physician As a Witness

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This chapter is a personal reflection on the role of the physician as an expert witness in medical malpractice litigation. It looks at both the individual experience and professional obligations of the expert from both the medical and the legal perspectives. A number of practical suggestions for courtroom preparation and deportment are presented.

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  1. Department of Utilization Management and Quality Assurance, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, FL

    Joel A. Mattison MD, FACS (former Clinical Professor of Surgery)

  2. University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

    Joel A. Mattison MD, FACS (former Clinical Professor of Surgery)

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  1. The Doctors Company, Napa, CA

    Richard E. Anderson MD, FACP (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer)

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© 2005 Humana Press Inc., Totowa, NJ

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Mattison, J.A. (2005). The Physician As a Witness. In: Anderson, R.E. (eds) Medical Malpractice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-845-8_4

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-845-8_4

  • Publisher Name: Humana Press

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-58829-389-3

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