The notion and classification of expert errors
Klevno, V.A.
Sudebno-Meditsinskaia Ekspertiza 55(2): 36-38
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0039-4521 PMID: 22686055 Document Number: 658161
The author presents the analysis of the legal and forensic medical literature concerning currently accepted concepts and classification of expert malpractice. He proposes a new easy-to-remember definition of the expert error and considers the classification of such mistakes. The analysis of the cases of erroneous application of the medical criteria for estimation of the harm to health made it possible to reveal and systematize the causes accounting for the cases of expert malpractice committed by forensic medical experts and health providers when determining the degree of harm to human health.