Bøker av Matthew Calloway Walker

"This is the work of a masterful scholar and writer, who has a deep appreciation for law and medicine, and the core-competencies to back it up. By far, Matthew's account provides a detailed innovative approach that could have a revolutionary impact on the way the judicial system tackles medical malpractice and the loss of chance doctrine." -- Dr. Stephen Glazer, MD FRCPC FCCP.With every diagnosis given and every treatment prescribed, patients find themselves confined to operate on a metaphorical chess-board encumbered by statistics. There is virtually no liberation. "How long do I have?" "Is it fatal?" "What are my options?" "What is my chance of survival?" These are the quintessential queries which preoccupy and burden the mind. For any given patient, diagnosis and prognosis offer insight and to some extent clarity. Unfortunately, this reality is oftnever realized when patients are subjected to negligent misdiagnosis. Under the shroud of wrongful error, the patient loses a statistical advantage pertaining to their survival or recovery. Consideration of this loss of chance as compensable at lawhas sparked prodigious debate amongst legal scholars and judicial decision makers spanning the globe. However, as medical malpractice actions in some countries have seen a decline in patient claim success over the past 40 years, many have argued a new judicial approach is needed. One approach offered is to utilize the loss of chance doctrine. What is it? How does it work? What is the Walker Approach? These answers and more await you inside this book.

"This is the work of a masterful scholar and writer, who has a deep appreciation for law and medicine, and the core-competencies to back it up. By far, Matthew's account provides a detailed innovative approach that could have a revolutionary impact on the way the judicial system tackles medical malpractice and the loss of chance doctrine." -- Dr. Stephen Glazer, MD FRCPC FCCP.With every diagnosis given and every treatment prescribed, patients find themselves confined to operate on a metaphorical chess-board encumbered by statistics. There is virtually no liberation. "How long do I have?" "Is it fatal?" "What are my options?" "What is my chance of survival?" These are the quintessential queries which preoccupy and burden the mind. For any given patient, diagnosis and prognosis offer insight and to some extent clarity. Unfortunately, this reality is oftnever realized when patients are subjected to negligent misdiagnosis. Under the shroud of wrongful error, the patient loses a statistical advantage pertaining to their survival or recovery. Consideration of this loss of chance as compensable at lawhas sparked prodigious debate amongst legal scholars and judicial decision makers spanning the globe. However, as medical malpractice actions in some countries have seen a decline in patient claim success over the past 40 years, many have argued a new judicial approach is needed. One approach offered is to utilize the loss of chance doctrine. What is it? How does it work? What is the Walker Approach? These answers and more await you inside this book.

"If you have any inkling to learn about nanorobots, nanotechnology, and how such tech will one day potentially come to influence and shape medicine and law, then this is the book to pick up." - Randy Katzman, B. Comm, CPA CA, CVLA.In the world of medical care, statistical advantage is everything, with apt diagnoses offering each patient the chance to realize on a better outcome with respect to their survival or recovery. Accordingly, in applying nanotechnology's principles and tools, the emerging field of nanomedicine looks to bolster this statistical advantage, thereby revolutionizing medical care. Consequently, such benefits are largely predicted to be accomplished via nanobots- tiny robots that can diagnose, repair, and treat patients internally. Yet despite the predicted benefits of nanobots, several legal scholars have cited their concerns, with many asserting a new approach to liability will be needed to address the potential nanomedical arising harms. While several of these scholars have looked to approaches such as product liability and negligence, none have yet to consider the loss of chance doctrine, which offers proportional recovery to medical malpractice plaintiffs, where causal uncertainty renders proving causation too onerous.-- Journey with me as we travel down the rabbit hole that is nano-medicine and the law, and explore how the loss of chance doctrine and the Walker Approach might be utilized by future lawyers.

"This is one of those books you keep in your collection, and turn to once again 20 years later and say, "Wow, he was right!" This is written by an author who once again becomes worthy of the title expert. He breaks down the technology perfectly and in reality, effortlessly. A student of the Autonomous Vehicle industry, this book, as always, delivers" -- R. Katzman, CFO Roy Foss Professor, Automotive StudiesCome along with me on this exciting journey as we uncover the future world of autonomous vehicle liability and the legal tools we might use to bring justice and balance to this future industry. In the world of medical care, statistical advantage is everything, with apt diagnoses offering each patient the chance to realize on a better outcome with respect to their survival or recovery. Accordingly, in applying autonomous technology and tools, the emerging industry of autonomous vehicles looks to bolster this statistical advantage, thereby revolutionizing the transportation world. However, in light of the many challenges and variables imposed at each level of automation, many have argued new methods are needed in addressing Autonomous Vehicle liability. This text seeks to assess the utility of the loss of chance doctrine, and the Walker Approach, in resolving future cases of liability.