Assessment of Rehabilitative and Quality of Life Issues in Litigation

Focuses on quality of life as a means of conceptualizing and measuring pain and suffering, in response to the challenge created by the US Supreme Court's 1994 Daubert decision regarding provision of scientific testimony in the controversial enjoyment of life debate. The authors make a compelling argument for a quality of life paradigm.

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Written in response to the Supreme Court's landmark Daubert decision regarding provision of expert witness scientific testimony, Assessment of Rehabilitative and Quality of Life Issues in Litigation focuses on quality of life as a means of conceptualizing and measuring pain and suffering in the controversial enjoyment of life debate. The authors make a compelling argument for a quality of life paradigm based on a rehabilitation and health economics analysis, demonstrating that qualified rehabilitationists are the best experts to provide analyses of the impact of disability or injury on quality of life over the lifespan. The extensive literature review enables attorneys and litigation experts to easily access quality of life literature.