Health care litigation: understanding and explaining causation.
This is the fourth in a series of articles on health care litigation. This article focuses on the substantive aspects of causation, one of the most difficult and controversial issues in health care litigation. The article identifies the differing perspectives of the medical and legal professions on the concept of cause and proposes an approach to clarify the concept for juries, judges, and arbitrators. An analysis of the procedural aspects of causation will appear in the next issue of The Medical Staff Counselor.
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