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All about <i>Daubert's</i> Ghost...complete with Web sites. Also, a look at ECRI (formerly the Emergency Care Research Institute) is a nonprofit health services research agency. Its mission is to improve the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of health care. It is widely recognized as one of the world's leading independent organizations committed to advancing the quality of healthcare. ECRI's focus is health care technology, health care risk and quality management, and health care environmental management. It provides information services and technical assistance to more than 5000 hospitals and more.

8 minute readJanuary 01, 2004 at 02:39 PM
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Elliott B. Oppenheim
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Daubert's Ghost

A few years ago, after Kumho Tire, scientific evidence entered a new era. Any attorney who litigates in medical areas, as well as in any other area where an expert witness in scientific fields appears, must understand this line of cases.

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