Life Expectancy in Court: A Textbook for Doctors and Lawyers - Hardcover

Anderson, T. W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0968953301 ISBN 13: 9780968953303

Publisher: Granville Island Pub, 2002

Synopsis

This is an absolute must as a reference source for doing life expectancy estimation. Doctors, lawyers, and other professionals can follow and understand key concepts related to the science of life expectancy after reading this book.—KEITH CHAMBERS, MD, CCFP Dr. Anderson’s book on life expectancy is a balanced and extremely thorough review of the topic. I consider it to be an indispensable tool both for plaintiff and defence lawyers. Not only will this book give you an appreciation of the issues which you should raise with your own life expectancy expert, it will amply prepare you for a searching cross-examination of the opposing side’s expert.—MARIS MACMILLAN, LLB

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Terry Anderson received his medical training at Oxford University and the Royal London Hospital. He was a family doctor in Ontario for six years, then completed a PhD in epidemiology and physiology at the University of Toronto. He spent the following years reaching medical students and doing research in the epidemiology of heart disease and cancer. During this time he maintained his links to clinical medicine by working a weekly shift in the busy Emergency Room of the Toronto East General Hospital. In 1979 Dr. Anderson was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada for his contributions to epidemiology, and in 1980 he became head of the department of Health Care and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, UBC.

During his career Dr. Anderson has been a consultant in epidemiology on a variety of projects, but in recent years he has restricted his consulting work to life expectancy in the medicolegal context. Dr. Anderson has published over 100 articles, and has been accepted into the Supreme Court of BC as an expert witness in the estimation of life expectancy.

Review:

This is an absolute must as a reference source for doing life expectancy estimation. -- —KEITH CHAMBERS, MD, CCFP

About this edition

• Publisher: Granville Island Pub
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0968953301
• ISBN 13: 9780968953303
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 195