TRIALS OF AN EXPERT WITNESS Tales of Clinical Neurology and the Law

Hardback. The author brings true-life case histories which combine the best courtroom drama with medical detection. Might a train accident precipitate multiple sclerosis? Can a man be convicted for killing someone in his sleep? Was epilepsy behind Jack Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald? In the courtroom, it is the job of a medical expert witness to illuminate questions of life and death, right and wrong. The author has also been an expert witness in numerous precedent-setting malpractice cases. Here, with his blend of clinical insight, wit and narrative skill, he describes how doctors arrive at diagnoses and dangerous misdiagnoses; how medical malpractice suits are prosecuted, the obscure clues that neurologists must work from, and how doctors can facilitate the patient's search for truth - both in the examining room and the courtroom. 277pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg,m with his personal b/plate. With a rubber stamp 'D' and red pen small 'D' to bpd o/w Nr F. in F. dw.