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J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 36:2:227-233 (2008)
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ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY

Do Bus Accidents Cause Nonepileptic Seizures?: Complex Issues of Medicolegal Causation

W. Curt LaFrance, Jr, MD, MPH and Janet A. Self, JD

Dr. LaFrance is Director of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology, Rhode Island Hospital, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology (Research), Brown Medical School, Providence, RI. Ms. Self is a partner in the law firm of Montgomery, Rennie & Jonson, Cincinnati, OH. Address correspondence to: W. Curt LaFrance, Jr, MD, MPH, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Potter 3, Providence, RI 02903. E-mail: william_lafrance_jr{at}brown.edu

The question of causation is approached through a case description and analysis. An alternative perspective is discussed for addressing neuropsychiatric cases in the medicolegal context. Viewing medical litigation from the perspective of risk factors, timeline, and baseline may add clarity to the difficulty of understanding causation.






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