Medicolegal causal analysis.
This article reviews basic tort law concepts, which medical evaluators should be familiar with when working in the medicolegal environment. To facilitate medicolegal causal analysis, the concept of the health claim statement or argument is proposed. We describe medicolegal causal analysis model, which should assist the medical evaluator's determination of the relationship between an alleged accident and personal injury. This practical model minimizes bias and ensures that inferences are supported by factual medical evidence.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, The University of Western Ontario, 140 Oxford Street East, Suite 300, London, ON, Canada N6A 5R9. mlacerte@uwo.ca
Michel
M
Lacerte
Pierre
P
Forcier
D015984:Causality; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010819:Physician's Role