Molly Brownfield [email protected] Spring Research Refreshers March 31, 2009.

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Molly Brownfield [email protected] Spring Research Refreshers March 31, 2009

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Molly [email protected]

Spring Research RefreshersMarch 31, 2009

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Some Context…Introductory and Current Awareness ResourcesSecondary SourcesPrimary SourcesPractice-Oriented Materials

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Image courtesy of: http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/hsc0849l.jpg

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Health Care IndustryPharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, hospitals

TortsMedical malpractice, product liability

Criminal LawDNA, insanity defense

Employment LawWorkers’ compensation

Family LawDomestic abuse, reproductive rights

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As a CounselorDiscussing client’s conditionNEVER giving a client medical advice…only a medical professional can do this!

As a NegotiatorUnderstanding opposition’s caseCalculating appropriate damages

As a LitigatorNavigating evidenceQuestioning expert witnesses

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How Medical Schools are Incorporating Legal Aspects into Curriculum:

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1113233

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Who sponsors the site?How is the information selected?When was the cite last updated?Who is the intended audience?How does the site chose links to other sites?

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http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/information/internet

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Library Links and Research GuidesGovernment Health ResourcesProfessional Organizations

Conferences, Newsletters, etc.Newspapers and Blogs

Purpose: Obtaining general background information; Finding definitions and other references; Keeping abreast of current issues and developments

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http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/facultyservices/empirical/links/miscellaneous

Annotated list of health-related resources

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http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/health.cfm

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http://medlineplus.gov/

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http://www.hg.org/health-law.html

Annotated list of health-related resources including foreign and international health law sources

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http://www.healthlawyers.org/Pages/Default.aspx

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http://www.aslme.org/

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http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html

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http://blogs.wsj.com/health/

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http://druganddevicelaw.blogspot.com/ Be aware that blogs may be biased/present information through a particular lens, so it is important to read critically

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Representing Client who has a violent criminal record including a conviction for murder – for which Client has served a prison sentenceClient wishes to enter medical school and wants your legal opinion as to how much background information must be disclosedYou could start doing case law research, but you’re unsure about how to even get started – where might you look?

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http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/health.cfm

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Plug in a title, keyword, or subject search – Here I’m trying a Title Keyword search from a title I saw in the Georgetown Health Law Research Guide – dorland medical dictionary

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Scroll through results – might find exact match, or something even better. Here is an entry for a medical-legal dictionary:

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One relevant result can lead you to others if you use the subject terms, or make a note of the call number and search in that area

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Same idea for treatises – I started with a treatise title from the Georgetown Health Law Research Guide, and can use the subjects from the catalog entry to find further materials.

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Medical JournalsMedline - http://medline.cos.com/ PubMed - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ DUL Topical Databases - http://find.library.duke.edu/?type=databases&mode=browse

Legal Journals on Health/Medical TopicsLexis and Westlaw Secondary Sources Databases

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http://medline.cos.com/

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

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Client undergoes a laparoscopic hysterectomy and has a large uterine fibroid removed in the processAfter client is discharged from the hospital her bladder ruptures – causing her to return to the hospital for emergency surgery and to suffer tremendous pain and sufferingYour expert says the doctor cut the bladder during surgery – the standard of care is to inspect bladder before closing upOpposing expert says fibroid weakened the walls of the bladder and caused it to rupture on its own – is that defense even medically possible or is a cut during surgery a more likely explanation?

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Could start with a search in MedlinePlus to get information about uterine fibroids

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Could link to a number of resources, including journal articles from here – directs you to PubMed

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Because DUL Databases can be handy for providing “Get it at Duke” links to full-text, lets try the Medline—Ovid databases (through the DUL Health and Medical Sci Databases)

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Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute (LII) – Law About Section:http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/health

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http://www.law.duke.edu/lib/lresources

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Client is a truck driver who was driving down the road at night, claims he falls asleep and loses control of the truck and there’s a big crash in which he’s injuredHe wants to claim workers’ compensation from his employerAt the hospital they do a toxicology screen and they find cocaine metabolitesEmployer says he’s outside the scope of workers’ comp benefits because he was taking drugsHe said he did snort cocaine a week earlier, but hadn’t touched anything at the time of the accident Case is in Illinois (state law question – workers’ comp)

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Could start with West’s Topical by Area of Practice for Workers’ CompensationMight be some precedent in the ILWC-ALL database

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This result is a case heard by the IL Workers Compensation CommissionDeals with toxicology screen report Good insight into how a contradictory expert reports might be readHow might we check out these witnesses’ creds?

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Medical Litigator is rather limited – only has physician directory which doesn’t provide in-depth expert CVs/resumes

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Lets try the All Expert Witness CV and Resume materials in the Litigation Database

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