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Cleveland State University

Journal

1966

Causation

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Traumatic Cancer, Theodore Dyke Jan 1966

Traumatic Cancer, Theodore Dyke

Cleveland State Law Review

The relationship of trauma to cancer may be of minimal import to the medical world; however, it is extremely important to the attorney from the point of view of compensation. The real problem is that no one knows what "causes"cancer. The present state of the medical art indicates that a given cancer may be caused by any of a number of factors, acting singly or jointly. Trauma is one of these factors, but the exac teffect of a single trauma in causing cancer is unknown. Medical experts will honestly differ in their opinions, because in fact they are frequently just …


Causation In Death After Trauma With Pre-Existing Cardiac Disease, S. R. Gerber Jan 1966

Causation In Death After Trauma With Pre-Existing Cardiac Disease, S. R. Gerber

Cleveland State Law Review

Adoption of commonly used words as synonyms for more precise terminology accepted for use within a profession leads to confusion when two or more professions employ the same word with different connotations. Thus, cause of death implies to the physician the etiology of the condition responsible for the terminal morbid process. In this respect, the physician considers the cause of death as the ultimate result of interaction of several conditions rather than a single entity.