scholarly journals Forensic medical expertise and civil law: recommendation of photographic techniques for medical expert evidence

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Scaramussa
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Medical Expert ◽  
Medical Expertise

This article analyses demands that must be met by technical-scientific photography as a part of the technical evidence in forensic medical expertise under civil law and suggests quality protocols.

scholarly journals Perception of District Judges and Lawyers Towards Medico-legal Reports, Medical Certificates and Medical Expert Opinion

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (212) ◽  
pp. 735-739
Author(s):  
Nuwadatta Subedi ◽  
Hima Raj Giri
Keyword(s):  
Expert Opinion ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Documentary Evidence ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Medical Expert ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
District Attorneys ◽  
Medical Expert Opinion ◽  
Medical Reports

Introduction: The medico legal reports and certificates prepared by doctors can be used as valuable documentary evidence in the court of law. The study was designed with objectives to explore the perception of judges and lawyers about the quality of medico legal reports prepared by the doctors and their competence in providing the expert evidence in the court. Methods: It is a questionnaire based cross sectional study conducted among the district judges and government attorneys of 75 districts of Nepal from March to May 2016. The data obtained was analysed by SPSS version 16.0. Results: Among a total of 78 participants who responded the questionnaire, 40 (51.3%) were district judges and 38 (48.7%) district attorneys. Most of them graded that the reports prepared by the doctors were just average. Among them, 49 (63.6%) strongly agreed and 28 (36.4%) partially agreed that the reports were useful in deciding the cases. A total of 44 (56.4%) respondents strongly agreed and 34 (43.6%) partially agreed that expert opinion of the doctors in the courts were useful to decide the cases. Seventy one (92.2%) of them rated general doctors as moderately competent. Conclusions: The medical reports prepared by the Nepalese doctors were just average as perceived by judges and lawyers and the competency in presenting the evidence in courts was moderate as rated by them.

scholarly journals Danger in deep water or just ripples in the pool: Has thePooljudgment changed the law on expert evidence?

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 347-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith Rix ◽  
Anthony Haycroft ◽  
Nigel Eastman
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Expert Witness ◽  
Learning Objectives ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Medical Expertise ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Medical Paradigm ◽  
The Law

SummaryThe professional regulatory cases of the psychiatrist Dr Richard Pool and the neuropathologist Dr Waney Squier have given rise to concerns among expert psychiatric witnesses, and indeed medical experts in general. Here we restate the law on expert evidence with particular reference to the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case ofKennedy v Cordia.We emphasise thatPooldoes not change the law regarding ‘what is expertise’; in particular, the case does not establish restrictive, status-based tests governing the admissibility of expert evidence such as according to whether an expert psychiatric witness has undergone higher training, is on the specialist register as a specialist in a particular field or is a consultant. Rather, expertise continues to be legally defined in terms of a combination of qualification, knowledge and experience. Crucially, the test of medical expertise in legal proceedings is a legal test and not one determined within a medical paradigm.Learning Objectives• Understand the law defining admissible expert evidence, in particular the distinction between ‘admissibility’ of evidence as ‘expert’ and the evidential ‘weight’ that courts may accord to admissible expert evidence• Understand the issues that arose from the cases of Dr Pool and Dr Squier, and why they caused (unnecessary) medical concern• Understand the factual relevance to being an expert witness of having undergone higher training, being on the specialist register as a specialist in a particular field, and being a consultant

Experts

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Hamer
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Medical Evidence ◽  
Medical Expertise

Richards J said that the Committee’s finding under head 5(c) that B’s examination of the patient was not inappropriate and was clinically indicated was untenable. The finding was inconsistent with the only expert evidence before the PCC—namely, that of E, a highly qualified and experienced ENT consultant. Whilst the Committee was a specialist tribunal with medical expertise of its own, there would have to be clear and compelling reasons, which the learned judge said he could not find, for it to reject expert medical evidence of the kind given by E. Second, the finding was inconsistent with parts of B’s own evidence. An appeal by the Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals was allowed on the grounds that the decision was unduly lenient and the matter was remitted to the Committee to reach a fresh decision as to penalty.

scholarly journals Rule-Based Expert System for Assist Physician to Diagnosis of Malaria: XPerMal

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-43
Author(s):  
Humberto Cuteso Matumueni
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Expert System ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Medical Expert ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
Medical Expertise ◽  
Common Diseases ◽  
Reasoning Strategy

Nowadays, common diseases like malaria, typhoid and cholera become more dangerous problems for people living in this world. The objective is how it can avoid the queue of patients in hospital. In this article, the author has proposed a model of expert systems using the knowledge of physician and other health professionals. The rule based expert system XPerMal useful for patients infected with common diseases and this system will give an answer as similar to a doctor or medical expert and also this system is very useful in rural areas where we have young medical experts or have no medical expert. The reasoning strategy is a key element in many medical tasks. It is well known that developing countries face a shortage of medical expertise in the medical sciences. Patients also find a huge queue in hospitals. Because of this, they are unable to provide good medical services to their inhabitants. The knowledge is acquired from literature review and human experts in the specific field and is used as a basis for analysis, diagnosis and decision-making. Knowledge is represented by an integrated formalism that combines rules and facts.

Medical Expert Evidence

BMJ ◽  
1897 ◽  
Vol 1 (1880) ◽  
pp. 115-115
Keyword(s):  
Expert Evidence ◽  
Medical Expert
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