Injury Illustrated: How Medical Images Win Legal Cases

263 Pages·2020·7.195 MB·English

by  R. Annie Gough

INJURY ILLUSTRATED

INJURY ILLUSTRATED
How Medical Images Win Legal Cases
R. Annie Gough, MS, CMI
First edition published 2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Gough, R. Annie (Rachael Annie), author.
Title: Injury illustrated : how medical images win legal cases / R. Annie Gough, MS, CMI.
Description: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
| Summary: “Medical-Legal Illustration tackles how and why attorneys win cases utilizing
medical illustrators. This is the first book on medical-legal illustration and provides an
understanding of anatomy, surgical cases, and how medical illustration can clearly and
succinctly illustrate accidents, medical malpractice, and death investigation for forensic use
in court. Medical illustrators are trained to summarize complex facts clearly and accurately,
just as lawyers eliminating complex terms utilize visuals to present clear and compelling
evidence. Seemingly very different professions, the visual artist solves countless problems
for the injury attorney, defining their client’s injuries, and summarizing complex medical
records. Medical illustrators are the ideal partners for injury attorneys needing both better
understand and articulate medical conditions, injuries, and malpractice in such criminal and
civil cases. The book is divided into five sections which detail who medical illustrators are,
what they do, the services they can provide to attorneys, and the myriad benefits of involving
illustrators in cases. Artists, animators, lawyers, medical students, law students, forensic
scientists, medical professionals and students will benefit to learn how this unusual career
path can illuminate complex concepts to benefit legal proceedings”-- Provided by publisher.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020022927 (print) | LCCN 2020022928 (ebook) | ISBN 9780367524173
(hardback) | ISBN 9781003104414 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Medical jurisprudence. | Evidence, Expert. | Personal injuries. | Imaging
systems in medicine--Evaluation.
Classification: LCC K5486 .G68 2021 (print) | LCC K5486 (ebook) | DDC 346.03/23--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022927
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022928
ISBN: 978-0-367-52417-3 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-10441-4 (ebk)
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In loving memory of my mom, Diane, the calm in the storm

Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Legal Notice xiii
Chapter 1 Dominos: Warning: Graphic Images 1
Chapter 2 The Brief: The Reason and the Reasoning 7
Section A Who Am i? the Beginning
of a Medical illustrator
Chapter 3 You’re Grounded: Growing up with Anatomy 15
Chapter 4 Suspicious Minds: Seeking the Truth 19
Chapter 5 Bunny Suit: A Background in Forensics 25
Section B Who Are We? the Unknown
World of Medical illustration
Chapter 6 Disgusta: Medical Illustration Master’s Degree 33
Chapter 7 Stars Are Born: Products of Our Professors 39
Chapter 8 Sutured Together: Learning Surgery 45
viii CoNt eNts
Chapter 9 History of the Association:
Foundations of Medical Art and Law 49
A History of Medical Illustration 49
Roots of Medical-Legal Illustration 54
Researching Averbach 55
Law schools and Medical Instruction 57
the Path becomes a Highway 58
Section c Why Would an Attorney
Hire a Medical illustrator?
Chapter 10 Pantyhose: Inside the Law Firm 65
Chapter 11 Message in a Bottle: A Settlement Brochure 71
Chapter 12 Hondas: Profits over People 83
Chapter 13 The Process: Draw by Hand 85
Chapter 14 Wile E. Coyote: Real People 91
Chapter 15 Tin Cans: Voluminous Records 97
Chapter 16 Can’t Trust a Photo: But Request Them All 103
Chapter 17 Interpreting Radiology: Images
Establish Facts 111
Chapter 18 Radiology Is Not Enough:
The Jury Needs Clarification 117
Chapter 19 Netflix: The Jury Wants TV 123
Chapter 20 Muddy Waters: Aberrant Anatomy 127
Chapter 21 Healing Trauma: The Client Is Better 131
CoNt eNts ix
Chapter 22 Bad Facts: The Client Is a Stripper 137
Chapter 23 No Facts: The Lawyer Didn’t Ask 141
Chapter 24 Pre-Trial Panic: Last Minute Animations 147
Chapter 25 Six Degrees of Separation:
Experts and Animators 153
Section D What Additional Benefits Does an
Attorney Get from collaboration
with a Medical illustrator?
Chapter 26 Boutique Feel: Not Just a Product
But a Service 161
Chapter 27 It’s Not Rocket Science: Narrating Brain Surgery 167
Chapter 28 Headless Horseman:
The Value of the Client Likeness 171
Chapter 29 Defending Doctors:
Medical Malpractice Defense 177
Chapter 30 Deep Pockets: What Will This Cost? 181
Chapter 31 MVP: Minimum Viable Product 189
Chapter 32 Pancakes: Food Analogies 193
Chapter 33 Out of the Box: Creative Alternatives 199
Chapter 34 Power Tools: Anything It Takes 207
Chapter 35 Holograms: Advances in Technology 211
Chapter 36 Exhibit Hall: Building Connections 215