Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments

Background The patient party is responsible for producing expert evidence to prove the negligence of a doctor, which becomes difficult due to lack of doctor's willingness to testify against other doctors. Impact factor (IF) is a surrogate to compare the quality of medical journals, w...

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Main Authors: Aakash Sethi, Kalpita Shringarpure
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2025-01-01
Series:Avicenna Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1806761
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description Background The patient party is responsible for producing expert evidence to prove the negligence of a doctor, which becomes difficult due to lack of doctor's willingness to testify against other doctors. Impact factor (IF) is a surrogate to compare the quality of medical journals, which can be divided into low IF (< 10) and high IF (> 10). We aim to analyze various medical negligence cases where the medical journal was cited in court judgments on the parameters like court's verdict, IF of journals cited, compensation awarded, etc.
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Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
Avicenna Journal of Medicine
malpractice
negligence
criminal law
medical ethics
standards of care
journal impact factor
practice guideline
title Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
title_full Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
title_fullStr Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
title_full_unstemmed Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
title_short Can Research Articles Published in Medical Journals be Used as Expert Evidence in Medical Negligence Cases?—A Cross-Sectional Retrospective Study of Indian Court Judgments
title_sort can research articles published in medical journals be used as expert evidence in medical negligence cases a cross sectional retrospective study of indian court judgments
topic malpractice
negligence
criminal law
medical ethics
standards of care
journal impact factor
practice guideline
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1806761
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