Thursday 19 January 2012

Emedinews:Insights on Medicolegal issues: Doctor in the Court room


Physician in the courtroom is the traditional contribution of medicine to justice Truth is perused by law and medicine and it is not captured in the court of law. Medical literature/books/journal/case law in the form of medical evidence if produced by medical practioner must be available for visual inspection in the court of law. Even though you have ready evidence into the record of the trial/debate, your opponents and the critic have a right to examine the evidence more closely.  An opponent may ask to inspect your evidence at the conclusion of your argument/speech, and your critic may ask to inspect select pieces of evidence at the conclusion of the argument/debate. Both requests are quite common.  You should give them the evidence they request, and be able to tell them exactly what you read from the document. Although quoted evidence is vital to cross-examination trial/debate, it is not difficult to grasp the basic principles of collecting and using evidence. What medical evidence is, and how it is used, will quickly become evident as you listen to a few cross-examination trial and its legal debates in the court of law. 

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