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  1. The Roles of Ethicists in Managed Care Litigation.Mary Anderlik Majumder - 2005 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 33 (2):264-273.
    In the lead article in this symposium issue, Edward Imwinkelried follows other scholars in distinguishing among three types of tasks for ethicists serving as expert witnesses: descriptive ; metaethical ; and normative. He finds agreement that the admissibility of descriptive or metaethical evidence rests upon the usual criteria of helpfulness and reliability. He breaks new ground in arguing that normative evidence typically relates to the judge's legislative rather than adjudicative function and therefore need not satisfy the usual standards for admissibility (...)
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  • Is There Any Indication for Ethics Evidence? An Argument for the Admissibility of Some Expert Bioethics Testimony.Lawrence J. Nelson - 2005 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 33 (2):248-263.
    Professor Imwinkelried is surely right: the propriety of bioethicists serving as expert witnesses in litigation is problematic, and, I would add, it should remain problematic. Such testimony most certainly does not belong everywhere it will be offered by lawyers and litigants in an effort to advance their interests. Yet in contrast to some commentators, Imwinkelried and I both see a place for bioethicists serving as expert witnesses, although we differ significantly on how to understand and justify this place. In any (...)
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