Medical Illustration in the Courtroom: Proving Injury, Causation, and Damages

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction to Medical Illustration
	1.1 What Is Medical Illustration?
	1.2 Patient Education
	1.3 Law
	1.4 Medical Device
	1.5 What Does a Medical Illustrator Do?
	1.6 Fields of Study
	1.7 A Brief History of Medical Illustration
2 Medical Illustrations Enhance Trial Presentation
	2.1 How to Take Complex Medical Information and Present It Visually
	2.2 Colorized Radiology—Types and Visual Solutions
	2.3 Presentation Method—How Is It Proposed?
	2.4 How to Decide What Presentation Format Best Fits Your Case
	2.5 Timelines and Fetal Monitor Strips
	2.6 Why Are Accuracy and Client-Specific Anatomy Important?
3 Medical Illustrations for Personal Injury Cases
	3.1 Case Study One—Worker’s Compensation, Jack Walker
	3.2 Case Study Two—Personal Injury/Wrongful Death, Matthew A. Lathrop
	3.3 Case Study Three—Medical Malpractice, Attorney Howard Thigpen
	3.4 Case Study Four—Medical Malpractice, Attorney Andrew Sibbernsen
4 Medical Illustrations for Medical Malpractice Defense Cases
	4.1 Case Study One—Medical Malpractice Defense, John Sly
	4.2 Case Study Two—Medical Malpractice Defense, Christina Billiet
	4.3 Case Study Three—Medical Malpractice Defense, Kiely Keane
5 Medical Illustration—Interpersonal Violence
	5.1 Forensic Nursing
	5.2 Diagrams for Documentation
	5.3 Diagrams for Documentation—Valerie Sievers, MSN, RN, CNS, AFN-C, SANE-A, DF-AFN
6 Illustrating Gunshot Wounds
	6.1 Overview of Ballistics
	6.2 Internal Ballistics
	6.3 External Ballistics
	6.4 Terminal Ballistics
	6.5 Bullets Cause Tissue Damage
	6.6 Atypical Entry Wounds
	6.7 Ricochet
	6.8 Case Study One—Mass Shooting,Justin Demerath, April Strahan, Thomas J. Henry Law, Marion M. Reilly
	6.9 $230,000.000.00 Verdict!
	6.10 In News Today—Department of Justice Set to Appeal— Victims Will Receive 144.5 Million Dollar Settlement
	6.11 Case Two—Apartment Shooting—Civil Suit, Greg Bevel Wesley Gould, Rochelle McCullough, L.L.P.
7 Forensic Facial Reconstruction
	7.1 Four Categories of Forensic Art
	7.2 Three-Dimensional Facial Reconstruction of the Skull
	7.3 Circumstances for Creating 3D Facial Reconstruction—Method
	7.4 Technical Phase
	7.5 Tissue Depth Markers
	7.6 Tools and Materials
	7.7 Modern 3D Facial Reconstruction with Artificial Intelligence (AI)
8 Medical Legal Illustrations Are Useful in Every Stage of Litigation—Not Just Trial!
	8.1 Submitting Medical Demonstrative Aids to Trial
	8.2 Find a Qualified Medical/Forensic Illustrator
	8.3 Find a Qualified Medical Expert
	8.4 Expert Witness Directories
	8.5 Utilize Your Medical Imaging/Reports
	8.6 Exchange/Submit the Demonstrative Aids
	8.7 Know the Courtroom
9 Utilizing Focus Groups for Review of Demonstrative Aids
	9.1 Advantages of Focus Groups during Trial Prep
	9.2 How to Hire a Focus Group
	9.3 Do Focus Groups Enhance Settlement Negotiations?
	9.4 Having Your Medical Artist Listen in on the Focus Group
	9.5 In Closing—Utilize Focus Groups!
10 How Media Has Affected Learning
	10.1 The Tech Generation—Immediate Access
	10.2 Community Strength through Social Media
	10.3 The Technology “Wow” Factor
11 Conclusion
	11.1 Thank You!
References
Index