LEADER 04583nam 22007091c 450 001 9910826945303321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-5992-4 010 $a1-280-81411-X 010 $a9786610814114 010 $a1-84731-273-X 024 3 $z9781841135175 (cloth) 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338404 035 $a(EBL)292055 035 $a(OCoLC)476051366 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263891 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12097143 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263891 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10283276 035 $a(PQKB)10549567 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772704 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC292055 035 $a(OCoLC)191825322 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09256057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL292055 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338404 100 $a20140929d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUncertain causation in medical liability $fLara Khoury 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84113-517-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [241]-254) and index 327 $aProblems in the proof of causation -- Flexibility -- Reversal of the burden of proving causation -- Probabilistic assessment of damages -- Inferences of causation 327 $aIntroduction -- Section 1-A Society of Risks and Uncertainty -- Section 2-Uncertainty in Medical Malpractice -- Section 3-Jurisdictions, Fields of Law, and Methodology -- Section 4-Structure -- Chapter 1: Problems in the Proof of Causation -- Section 1-Proof of Causation -- Section 2-Evidence in the Four Jurisdictions -- Section 3-The Impact of Scientific Uncertainties on the Proof of Causation -- Chapter 2: Flexibility . -- Section 1-Importance and Mutability of the Traditional Standards . -- Section 2-Flexibility and Independence of the Judiciary . -- Section 3-Flexibility in Light of Expert Controversies -- Chapter 3: Reversal of the Burden of Proving Causation . -- Section 1-Common Law . . . -- Section 2-Civil Law . . -- Section 3-Critical Analysis . -- Chapter 4: Probabilistic Assessment of Damages . -- Section 1-Loss of Chance -- Section 2-Market-share Liability . -- Section 3-Critical Analysis (Loss of Chance) -- Chapter 5: Inferences of Causation -- Section 1-Inferences and Factual Presumptions . . -- Section 2-The Development of Justifications -- Section 3-Critical Analysis -- Final Analysis and Conclusion -- Section 1-General Review . -- Section 2-Review of the Critique of the Solutions -- Section 3-The Alternative-Cumulative Causes Distinction . . -- Section 4-Flexibility and the Evidential Solution -- Section 5-Alternative Solutions? 330 8 $aProving' the cause of the plaintiff's injury in personal injury litigation often entails significant challenges, particularly when science cannot identify the cause of a biological phenomenon or when the nature of this cause is debatable. This problem is frequently encountered in medical malpractice cases, where the limitations of scientific knowledge are still extensive. Yet judges must decide cases, however uncertain the evidence with regard to proof of causation. Reluctant to leave patients without compensation, courts have in some cases challenged their traditional approach to causation through recourse to such techniques as reliance on factual presumptions and inferences, the concept of loss of chance, and reversal of the burden of proof. This book analyses and criticises the use of these various techniques by the courts of England, Australia, Canada, France, and the civilian Canadian province of Quebec in confronting evidentiary causal difficulties caused by the uncertainties of medical science 606 $aMedical personnel$xMalpractice 606 $2Torts / Delicts 606 $aPhysicians$xMalpractice 606 $aMedical jurisprudence 606 $aProximate cause (Law) 606 $aLiability (Law) 615 0$aMedical personnel$xMalpractice. 615 0$aPhysicians$xMalpractice. 615 0$aMedical jurisprudence. 615 0$aProximate cause (Law) 615 0$aLiability (Law) 676 $a344.041 700 $aKhoury$b Lara$01692464 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826945303321 996 $aUncertain causation in medical liability$94069585 997 $aUNINA