title: Writing an expert report.
abstract: Anna was flustered. It had been three months since her patient had asked for a report about the accident. Anna had been procrastinating and now her patient was threatening to report her to the college if it wasn't ready by Monday. As Anna sat down at the computer, she did not know where to begin. Should she outline the history of the accident given by her patient or would any discrepancies between this history and her patient's version cause problems at the hearing? How much detail should be included about the assessment and the treatment? Anna felt uncomfortable expressing an opinion about her patient's prognosis, particularly since she had not assessed the patient in six months. Anna also wondered how much to charge for the report and whether she could insist upon payment before releasing the report. How did she ever get herself into this situation?
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinecke
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony; D014956:Writing