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Health care litigation: understanding and explaining causation.

C A Cole

    The Medical Staff Counselor
    |February 3, 1990
    PubMed
    Summary

    Understanding causation in health care litigation is complex. This article clarifies medical and legal perspectives on cause to aid juries, judges, and arbitrators in these difficult cases.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Law
    • Health Care Litigation

    Background:

    • Causation is a critical and contentious element in health care litigation.
    • Differing interpretations of causation exist between medical and legal professionals.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To analyze the substantive aspects of causation in health care litigation.
    • To reconcile the divergent views of the medical and legal fields regarding the concept of cause.
    • To propose a framework for clarifying causation for legal decision-makers.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of legal and medical literature on causation.
    • Analysis of differing professional perspectives on causality.
    • Development of a proposed approach for jury and judicial understanding.

    Main Results:

    • Identified significant discrepancies in the understanding of causation between medicine and law.
    • Proposed a clarified conceptual framework for causation in litigation.

    Conclusions:

    • Clarifying the concept of causation is essential for fair adjudication in health care litigation.
    • A unified approach to causation can improve understanding for juries, judges, and arbitrators.

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