Showing papers in "Legal Medicine in 1989"

TL;DR: Routine drug testing of traffic fatalities has shown that about 21% of all victims have controlled, illegal substances in their body at the time of the incident, and the presence of these drugs in the body is per se evidence of an illegal act.

TL;DR: Physician-attorneys must effect a major redirection in their primary emphasis to capitalize on an unprecedented demand by purchasers and providers alike for medical care evaluation, health data analysis, and the implementation of systems to measure and monitor the quality and cost-effectiveness of health care delivery.