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Practice Points

To reduce costs of medical expert opinion:

1. Predetermine the medicolegal issues
2. Selection of an Expert
3. Provide limited documentation
4. Give detailed instructions
5. Organise the clinical records
6. Verbal opinion first
7. Submit clinical research papers

Topics for Instructions

1. Standard of Care or Causation
2. Explain medical jargon
3. Evidence Based Medicine
4. Standard of Probability
5. Verbal opinion only at first

Structure of Written Opinion

1. Qualifications
2. Factual Basis
3. Opinions, structured Arguments
4. Summary
5. References

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