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Traumatic Cancer, Theodore Dyke
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
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.