Therefore, it is incumbent on lawyers and health care practitioners to work together in order to facilitate the communication of the health care practitioner(s’) observations and opinions and therefore achieve the best possible outcome for their patients and clients.Īn “expert” in a legal case is someone who is considered to have special skill, knowledge, training, or experience, such that their observations and opinions will assist the ultimate decision maker (a judge or jury) in adjudicating a legal case. Health care practitioners are not typically focused on how best to communicate their observations and opinions in the legal realm quite rightly, their goal is to improve the health and welfare of their patients, to the best of their ability with the resources available to them. Therefore, the ability of healthcare practitioners to communicate their observations and opinions in the legal arena is vitally important to all patients who are unfortunately involved in a serious injury case. The determination of the legal disputes that arise out of complex personal injuries has become more and more dependent upon the observations and opinions of health care practitioners. Paper and accompanying presentation provide healthcare professionals with a deeper understanding of how their observations and opinions as experts may be used to advance a personal injury case.
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