2 options
Forensic epidemiology : a comprehensive guide for legal and epidemiology professionals / Sana Loue. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loue, Sana.
- Series:
- Medical humanities series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic epidemiology.
- Expert Testimony.
- Epidemiology.
- Public Health.
- Jurisprudence.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Medicine.
- Health Occupations.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Occupations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Expert Testimony.
- Epidemiology.
- Public Health.
- Jurisprudence.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Medicine.
- Health Occupations.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Sociology.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Social Sciences.
- Occupations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 195 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The epidemiologist as an expert witness. The epidemiologist, ethics, and "expert witnessing"
- The role of the epidemiologist as an expert witness
- The nature of the testimony
- The purpose of expert testimony
- Qualifying the epidemiologist as an expert witness
- pt. 2. Legal principles of causation. Toxic torts
- Enforcement actions
- pt. 3. Epidemiology and causation. Causation and causal inference
- Research design
- Measures
- Internal and external validity
- Sampling and sample size
- pt. 4. Legal procedures to determine causation. Interrogatories
- Depositions
- Motions for summary judgment
- Direct examination
- Cross-examination
- pt. 5. Reconciling epidemiology and law. Dissonance of purpose
- Causation and causal inference
- Case examples.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-186) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-585-12872-3
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.