Medical Illustration in the Courtroom: Proving Injury, Causation, and
Damages educates the reader on how to communicate science
visually—in personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal, and
forensic cases—by creating art that utilizes medical records,
radiographs, and computer software. Medical illustration bridges the
gap between complex technical, medical, and scientific concepts to
clearly illustrate, and explain visually, a medical condition,
negligence, or the causation of an injury or death to the lay person.
Medical artists are frequently challenged with illustrating injuries
and medical conditions that can’t be seen by the naked eye. And
while using medical photography and imaging for illustrative purposes
can be helpful, to an untrained eye it can often be unclear or
confusing. This is where the medical illustrator enters the equation.
There are often patients who have recovered from an injury or
infection that appear in good health. However, should an unforeseen
injury or fatality happen, medical illustrators can reveal to people
what’s actually going on inside the person, an invaluable asset to
attorneys in the courtroom—especially for personal injury and
medical malpractice cases. While many attorneys utilize medical
artists, nonvisual people don’t always recognize the value of
demonstrative aids until they see them first-hand. When attorneys and
their clients enlist the aid of medical artists, it quickly becomes
apparent that properly conceived and executed artwork is invaluable to
illustrating the facts—and medical impacts—of any number of
scenarios: homicides by shooting, stabbings, vehicular accidents, in
addition to medical malpractice and personal injuries resulting from
surgery or possible negligence. Presenting a myriad of services and
computer technologies that can be utilized, Medical Illustration in
the Courtroom provides demonstrative aids used in cases to illustrate
personal injury and medical malpractice, employing "tricks of the
trade" to create an accurate effective image. Such images are
educational to attorneys, insurance adjusters, judges, and juries to
help create a visual storyline, the goal being to help combine art and
science to provide a clear illustration of events to help in
adjudicate legal and forensic cases.
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Proving Injury, Causation, and Damages
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781040024171
Publisert
2024
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Vendor
CRC Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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