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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 11/2017

01-11-2017 | Medicolegal Sidebar

Medicolegal Sidebar: (Mis)Informed Consent in Medical Negligence Lawsuits

Authors: Wendy Z. W. Teo, BA(Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), LLM, Lawrence H. Brenner, JD, B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 11/2017

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In civil litigation, such as medical malpractice trials, evidence is admitted or excluded by a court, depending, in part, on its probative value. Probative value refers to the ability of a piece of evidence to make a relevant, disputed point in litigation either more or less true. …
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Metadata
Title
Medicolegal Sidebar: (Mis)Informed Consent in Medical Negligence Lawsuits
Authors
Wendy Z. W. Teo, BA(Cantab), BM BCh (Oxon), LLM
Lawrence H. Brenner, JD
B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA, PhD
Publication date
01-11-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-017-5493-4

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