 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 414 pages
...utterance. — A statement relating to a startling event or condition made while the declarant was under the stress of excitement caused by the event or condition....knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable him to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made when the matter was fresh in his memory... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1974 - 460 pages
...the execution, revocation, identification, or terms of declarant's will. (4) Statements for pttrposes of medical diagnosis or treatment. — Statements...knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable him to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made when the matter was fresh in his memory... | |
 | Charles E. Wagner - 1980 - 300 pages
...terms of declarant's will. (4) Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment. St at emen ts made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment...knowledge but now has insufficient recollection to enable him to testify fully and accurately, shown to have been made or adopted by the witness when the matter... | |
 | Howard H. Kaufman, Jeff L. Lewin - 1997 - 272 pages
...patients under a special exception to the hearsay rule which recognizes the inherent reliability of statements "made for purposes of medical diagnosis...as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment" (Rule 803(4)). On direct examination, lay witnesses may not be asked leading questions, which suggest... | |
 | Institute of Medicine, Committee on Improving the Patient Record - 1997 - 257 pages
...course of business. Statements contained in such records may also be admissible if made by the declarant "for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and...thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment."50 Best Evidence Rule The evidentiary rules of some jurisdictions provide that, in instances... | |
 | Sherri L. Schornstein - 1997 - 208 pages
...805). Federal Rule of Evidence 803(4) provides that "statements made [by patients or others] for the purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing...thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis and treatment" are not excluded by the hearsay rule (Fed. R. Evid. 803(4)). Therefore, statements made... | |
 | Lisa T. Johns - 1998 - 340 pages
...business. Statements contained in such computerized records may also be admissible if made by the declarant for "purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and...as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment." [Federal Rules of Evidence, Rule 803(4).] Best-Evidence Rule Another evidentiary rule relevant to the... | |
 | Daniel A. Bronstein - 2010 - 248 pages
...diagnosis we generally tell the doctor the truth, as Rule 803(4) indicates. FRE Rule 803 (Cont'd.) (4) Statements for purposes of medical diagnosis or...as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment. CHAPTER 16 Hearsay Exceptions II — Writings and Records The most commonly employed exceptions to... | |
 | John G. Koeltl - 1999 - 804 pages
...concerns statements made to obtain medical treatment. Rule 803(4) establishes a hearsay exception for "[statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis...as reasonably pertinent to diagnosis or treatment" (emphasis added). The emphasized portion of the rule was designed to prevent unlimited admission of... | |
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Statements made for purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment and describing medical history, or past or present symptoms, pain, or sensations, or the inception or general character of the cause or external source thereof insofar as reasonably pertinent... 
