A Drowned Diver – Four Expert Witness Opinions – Who is Right?

Commentary: Who is a candidate for testosterone therapy? A synthesis of international expert opinions.

INTRODUCTION Despite increasing use of testosterone therapy (TTh) for men with testosterone deficiency (TD), there remains uncertainty determining who is a candidate for treatment. AIM The aim if this study was to report the opinions of international experts on TTh, as initially presented at the meeting of the World Meeting on Sexual Medicine in Chicago, United States in August 2012. METHOD...

Who Is a Bilingual?

The question of who is and who is not a bilingual is more difficult to answer than it first appears. Bilingualism was long regarded as the equal mastery of two languages, a definition that still prevails in certain glossaries of linguistics. However, today's complex world requires a more exact definition and analysis of the competencies that community members require to interact with speakers o...

Expert witness reform.

The legal system depends on the medical expert for evidence. Doctors readily complain about frivolous cases that go to trial, yet a lawyer cannot bring a frivolous claim to trial without a physician expert witness stating that the claim is not frivolous. An insurance company cannot raise premiums without medical expert witnesses servicing the increasing litigation against the insured. Physician...

On humanizing the expert witness: a proposed narrative approach to expert witness qualification.

Before expert witnesses may testify in court, it is necessary that they be qualified to render an expert opinion. The qualification process has three steps: first, the expert’s training, education, experience, and other indices of qualification are elicited on direct examination by the retaining attorney. Second, a proffer is made to the court of the witness as an expert; the proffer may be cha...

Ballistics: A Study of the Expert Witness