Medicolegal Reporting in Orthopaedic Trauma

By: Michael Foy

Medicolegal Reporting in Orthopaedic Trauma, 3rd edition is a comprehensive guide to the preparation of medicolegal reports. It has been developed to assist the busy medical expert in providing prognostic information following musculoskeletal injuries without having to spend time researching the relevant literature.

In this 3rd edition, the editors have retained the original aim of collating data from world literature, and have supplemented this with the addition of review articles on topics of medicolegal interest such as RSI and VWF.

Medicolegal Reporting in Orthopaedic Trauma, 3rd edition fills the void which has existed in medical literature on the important subject of personal injury litigation, and will be a valuable tool for all orthopaedic surgeons involved in producing medicolegal reports.Covers every type of orthopaedic injury in detailGives the orthopaedic surgeon preparing a medicolegal report all the information they need to know to write a legal reportGives probable outcome information on each condition and likely degrees of incapacity of the patientComprehensive reference lists give all key legal precedents relevant to the injury so that the legal professionals can make an evaluation based on previous casesGives guidance on how a surgeon should present a case in courtNew laws on Single Joint Experts are incorporated into this editionKey new conditions such as Vibration White Finger and Repetitive Strain Injury are covered in detail Wider coverage of all work-related injuries than the previous edition

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0443063745
• ISBN13: 9780443063749
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.3" x 7.8"