The physician who is a defendant in a medical malpractice action is in an obviously involuntary position while the doctor who agrees to serve as a consultant and potential expert witness for an attorney does so on a purely voluntary basis nevertheless there are numerous similarities between the two visa vis lawyers courts and the legal process and both roles are fraught with much danger if the physician is unprepared legally inexperienced and naive. Note 5 retrouvez doctors and the law defendants and expert witnesses et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Dccreator zobel hiller b and rous stephen n en dcdateaccessioned 2016 01 08t194523z en dcdateavailable 2016 01 08t194523z en dcdatecreated. It is divided into two parts first the doctor as defendant each chapter deals with a different aspect of the process of a lawsuit the best being the third a suit is not a shroud the second half of the book deals with doctors as expert witnesses this book is a good introduction to the legal process and would be of most benefit to medical students and residents the one down side is it is not more case oriented with specific examples the writing is clear concise and very readable. It is divided into two parts first the doctor as defendant each chapter deals with a different aspect of the process of a lawsuit the best being the third a suit is not a shroud the second half of the book deals with doctors as expert witnesses this book is a good introduction to the legal process and would be of most benefit to medical students