R. Annie Gough - Injury Illustrated: How Medical Images Win Legal Cases

Injury Illustrated

Injury Illustrated

How Medical Images Win Legal Cases

R. Annie Gough, MS, CMI

First edition published 2021

by CRC Press

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2021 R. Annie Gough, MS, CMI

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Gough, R. Annie (Rachael Annie), author.

Title: Injury illustrated : how medical images win legal cases / R. Annie Gough, MS, CMI.

Description: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: Medical-Legal Illustration tackles how and why attorneys win cases utilizing medical illustrators. This is the first book on medical-legal illustration and provides an understanding of anatomy, surgical cases, and how medical illustration can clearly and succinctly illustrate accidents, medical malpractice, and death investigation for forensic use in court. Medical illustrators are trained to summarize complex facts clearly and accurately, just as lawyers eliminating complex terms utilize visuals to present clear and compelling evidence. Seemingly very different professions, the visual artist solves countless problems for the injury attorney, defining their clients injuries, and summarizing complex medical records. Medical illustrators are the ideal partners for injury attorneys needing both better understand and articulate medical conditions, injuries, and malpractice in such criminal and civil cases. The book is divided into five sections which detail who medical illustrators are, what they do, the services they can provide to attorneys, and the myriad benefits of involving illustrators in cases. Artists, animators, lawyers, medical students, law students, forensic scientists, medical professionals and students will benefit to learn how this unusual career path can illuminate complex concepts to benefit legal proceedings-- Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020022927 (print) | LCCN 2020022928 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367524173 (hardback) | ISBN 9781003104414 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Medical jurisprudence. | Evidence, Expert. | Personal injuries. | Imaging systems in medicine--Evaluation.

Classification: LCC K5486 .G68 2021 (print) | LCC K5486 (ebook) | DDC 346.03/23--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022927

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022928

ISBN: 978-0-367-52417-3 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-10441-4 (ebk)

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In loving memory of my mom, Diane, the calm in the storm

Contents

I want to praise all those who encouraged, inspired, and contributed to this book with their wisdom, expertise, and enthusiasm. Much appreciation goes to:

Amy Osteen, Andrew Clark, Andrew Swift, Ann Marie Byers, Asha Kays, the Association of Medical Illustrators, Barry Cohen, Bill Westwood, Bob Shepherd, Carolyn Holmes, the Center for BioMedical Visualization at St. Georges University, Cheryl Rozier, Christopher Owen Nelson, Craig Gosling, Craig Silverman, the CTLA Womens Trial Lawyer Network, Dan Monnat, David Avrin, Deb Ager, Debbie Irwin, Dr. Deborah Johnson, Eryn Peddicord, Fancy Perrine, Hollynd Hoskins, the Honorable Shelyna Brown, Indira Lanig MD, Jason Crew, Jessica Holland, Jim Keenan, Joan Beck, John Barnes, Justin Craig, Karen Osborn, Karen T.