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Mock Defendants’ Procedural Justice Judgments of Alternative Trial Procedures in a Medical Malpractice Case

Mock Defendants’ Procedural Justice Judgments of Alternative Trial Procedures in a Medical... Mental health professionals were asked to imagine themselves in the role of defendant in a medical malpractice case. Each participant was told that their case could be tried according to standard adversary trial procedures or by an alternative procedure. The alternative procedures involved either varying the way that expert testimony would be developed or bifurcation of issues at trial. Participants rated the available alternative procedure relative to the ADVERS procedure in terms of preference, fairness, willingness to comply with trial outcomes, and other procedural justice dimensions. Results indicated a strong endorsement of potential alternatives to the standard adversarial trial process for resolving medical malpractice claims. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Law and Human Behavior American Psychological Association

Mock Defendants’ Procedural Justice Judgments of Alternative Trial Procedures in a Medical Malpractice Case

Law and Human Behavior , Volume 21 (3): 12 – Jun 1, 1997

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Publisher
American Psychological Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1997 American Psychological Association
ISSN
0147-7307
eISSN
1573-661X
DOI
10.1023/A:1024886631151
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Abstract

Mental health professionals were asked to imagine themselves in the role of defendant in a medical malpractice case. Each participant was told that their case could be tried according to standard adversary trial procedures or by an alternative procedure. The alternative procedures involved either varying the way that expert testimony would be developed or bifurcation of issues at trial. Participants rated the available alternative procedure relative to the ADVERS procedure in terms of preference, fairness, willingness to comply with trial outcomes, and other procedural justice dimensions. Results indicated a strong endorsement of potential alternatives to the standard adversarial trial process for resolving medical malpractice claims.

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Law and Human BehaviorAmerican Psychological Association

Published: Jun 1, 1997

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