Performing a Cerebral Arteriogram
Performing a Cerebral Arteriogram Key Points New fellows in our room are often nonplussed as to why we only have two CDs for our music system. One of these is…
Safety and Complications
Safety and Complications Key Points A methodical team-based and system-based approach to safety is becoming more established in the culture surrounding medical procedures. The recent reduction in the volume of…
Pediatric Neuroangiography: Technical Aspects
Pediatric Neuroangiography: Technical Aspects Key Points Adults are big children, but children are not small adults. With modification of basic techniques, the risks of endovascular procedures in children should not…
Spinal Angiography: Technical Aspects
Spinal Angiography: Technical Aspects Key Point The challenges of spinal angiography can be kept to a minimum by a methodical approach, careful expenditure of contrast, and a fastidious attention to…
History and Introduction
History and Introduction Key Points Willis and Moniz lived in very inauspicious times and circumstances. Using only the most primitive of tools, both left monumental legacies to medicine through their…
Special Problems for Experts
Special Problems for Experts FOULING ONE’S OWN NEST: PERJORATIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT COLLEAGUES Introduction Working as a forensic expert can be a lonely experience. This makes collegial relationships all the more…
Empirical Studies of the Attorney-Expert Relationship
Empirical Studies of the Attorney-Expert Relationship EMPIRICAL STUDIES OF THE ATTORNEY-EXPERT RELATIONSHIP Although the relationship with attorneys is a common subject of expert gripe-fests and stories shared at expert gatherings,…
The Problem of Attorney Coaching
The Problem of Attorney Coaching Along with malingering of forensically significant mental symptoms, the coaching of litigants by the attorney is a major problem for accurate and valid forensic assessment…
The Attorney-Expert Relationship
The Attorney-Expert Relationship The relationship with the retaining attorney is, of course, pivotal to the expert’s functioning in a case, but that centrality may come with problems as well. This…
Paraforensic Issues
Paraforensic Issues Previous chapters have addressed many of the core issues in the practice of forensic psychiatry and psychology related to the interface and interaction between the expert and the…
