title: The role of the expert witness.
abstract: Juries do not have extensive health-care knowledge, so expert witnesses are needed to explain standards of care. Here, expert witness Sylvie Hampton describes this role and how these witnesses participate in court proceedings.
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hampton
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom