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01.02.2009 | 50 Years Ago in CORR
50 Years Ago in CORR: The Expert Medical Witness Patrick C. Doran MD CORR 1956;8:254–258
verfasst von:
Richard A. Brand, MD
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Excerpt
Medicolegal issues have long been important to society and the medical and legal professions, as suggested by this month’s Classic, “Report of the Committee on Suits for Malpractice” [
6] by Eugene F. Sanger and an earlier report by the same author [
5]. (Google Scholar lists 92 entries antedating 1800.) We highlight this month an article, “The Expert Medical Witness” by Dr. Patrick Doran published in 1956 [
3]. A few years later, in 1964 under the guest editorship of Drs. Earl McBride and William Deyerle, CORR published its first of several symposia on medicolegal issues (readers may refer to Volumes 32, 406, and 433) as is this month’s symposium. …