Injury Illustrated

Injury Illustrated: How Medical Images Win Legal Cases is the first book ever published on medical-legal illustration. It provides an understanding of anatomy, surgical cases, and how medical illustration can clearly and succinctly illustrate trauma, medical malpractice, and death investigation for forensic use in court. It also addresses how and why attorneys win cases utilizing medical illustrators. Just as lawyers are, medical illustrators are trained to summarize complex facts clearly and accurately. The secret is to eliminate complex terms and utilize visuals to present clear and compelling evidence. While singularly different professions, medical illustrators are the ideal partners for injury attorneys to solve pressing challenges. Medical illustrators can better understand and articulate injuries, medical conditions and malpractice in such criminal and civil cases. The utilization of a visual artist allows the attorney to visually illustrate their client's injuries, summarizing complex medical records clearly and effectively. The book is divided into five sections which detail who medical illustrators are, what they do, the services they can provide to attorneys, and the myriad benefits of involving illustrators in cases. Artists, animators, lawyers, medical students, law students, forensic scientists, medical professionals and students will learn how this unique and rewarding career path can illuminate complex concepts to benefit legal proceedings.