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The first part addresses litigation of the sort that might involve neurologists in their role as medical or scientific professionals. Topics include how litigation can develop; the process of a civil lawsuit; the substantive rules that determine liability and damages in malpractice actions and the common law dimensions of tort liability; examples of adjudications; credentialing disputes; the amorphous and evolving law of scientific misconduct; and criminal liability. Part Two explores the ways in which a neurologist's expertise or experience may contribute to resolving legal disputes or to formulating legally- oriented public policy. Chapters in this section address aspects of expert witnessing; legal aspects of ethical dilemmas; legal and policy issues arising from principles of market economics; and reform to the US health care system. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
