Forensic epidemiology : a comprehensive guide for legal and epidemiology professionals / Sana Loue.
1999
RA1165 .L68 1999eb
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Title
Forensic epidemiology : a comprehensive guide for legal and epidemiology professionals / Sana Loue.
Author
ISBN
0585128723 (electronic bk.)
9780585128726 (electronic bk.)
0809322226
9780585128726 (electronic bk.)
0809322226
Imprint
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1999.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 195 pages)
Call Number
RA1165 .L68 1999eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)43476510
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-186) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
pt. 1. The epidemiologist as an expert witness. The epidemiologist, ethics, and "expert witnessing"
The role of the epidemiologist as an expert witness
The nature of the testimony
The purpose of expert testimony
Qualifying the epidemiologist as an expert witness
pt. 2. Legal principles of causation. Toxic torts
Enforcement actions
pt. 3. Epidemiology and causation. Causation and causal inference
Research design
Measures
Internal and external validity
Sampling and sample size
pt. 4. Legal procedures to determine causation. Interrogatories
Depositions
Motions for summary judgment
Direct examination
Cross-examination
pt. 5. Reconciling epidemiology and law. Dissonance of purpose
Causation and causal inference
Case examples.
The role of the epidemiologist as an expert witness
The nature of the testimony
The purpose of expert testimony
Qualifying the epidemiologist as an expert witness
pt. 2. Legal principles of causation. Toxic torts
Enforcement actions
pt. 3. Epidemiology and causation. Causation and causal inference
Research design
Measures
Internal and external validity
Sampling and sample size
pt. 4. Legal procedures to determine causation. Interrogatories
Depositions
Motions for summary judgment
Direct examination
Cross-examination
pt. 5. Reconciling epidemiology and law. Dissonance of purpose
Causation and causal inference
Case examples.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Medical humanities series
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Print version: Loue, Sana. Forensic epidemiology. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1999
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