1st Edition

Medical Illustration in the Courtroom Proving Injury, Causation, and Damages

By Lindsay E. Coulter Copyright 2024
218 Pages 157 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

218 Pages 157 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

218 Pages 157 Color & 11 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Medical Illustration in the Courtroom: Proving Injury, Causation, and Damages educates the reader on how to communicate science visually—in personal injury, medical malpractice, criminal, and forensic cases—by creating art that utilizes medical records, radiographs, and computer software.  Medical illustration bridges the gap between complex technical, medical, and scientific concepts to... Read more

1. Introduction to Medical Illustration

2. Medical Illustrations Enhance Trial Presentation

3. Medical Illustrations for Personal Injury Cases

4. Medical Illustrations for Medical Malpractice Cases—Medical Malpractice Defense

5. Medical Illustration—Interpersonal Violence

6. Illustrating Gunshot Wounds

7. Forensic Facial Reconstruction

8. Medical Legal Illustrations are Useful in Every Stage of Litigation—Not Just Trial!

9. Utilizing Focus Groups for Review of Demonstrative Aids

10. How Media Has Affected Learning

11. Conclusion

Biography

Lindsay E. Coulter graduated with a BFA in medical illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art—with medical classes taken at Case Western Reserve University. She is also a board-certified medical illustrator (CMI). Coulter works as a medical illustrator and owns ION Medical Designs, LLC. ION Medical Designs is a boutique medical illustration company that specializes in custom medical illustrations, 2D and 3D animations, interactive applications, timelines, VR, and augmented reality. She creates medical demonstratives for medical malpractice and personal injury cases to assist attorneys with their demand packages, mediations, and trials. She helps to create visuals of complex surgeries and injuries that are compelling and educational for a broad audience. She has worked on high-profile and medically complex cases globally.