@article{ref1,
title="Medico-legal assessment of personal damage in older people: report from a multidisciplinary consensus conference",
journal="International journal of legal medicine",
year="2020",
author="Ingravallo, Francesca and Cerquetti, Ilaria and Vignatelli, Luca and Albertini, Sandra and Bolcato, Matteo and Camerlingo, Maria and Corbi, Graziamaria and De Leo, Domenico and De Nicolò, Andrea and De Stefano, Francesco and Dell'Erba, Alessandro and Di Giulio, Paola and Domenici, Ranieri and Fedeli, Piergiorgio and Feola, Alessandro and Ferrara, Nicola and Forti, Paola and Frigiolini, Francesca and Gianniti, Pasquale and Gili, Enrico and Iannone, Primiano and Lovato, Alessandro and Lunardelli, Maria Lia and Marengoni, Alessandra and Marozzi, Franco and Martelloni, Massimo and Mecocci, Patrizia and Molinelli, Andrea and Polo, Lorenzo and Portas, Margherita and Rossi, Patrizio and Scorretti, Carlo and Trabucchi, Marco and Volpato, Stefano and Zoja, Riccardo and Castellani, Gloria Luigia",
volume="134",
number="6",
pages="2319-2334",
abstract="Ageing of the global population represents a challenge for national healthcare systems and healthcare professionals, including medico-legal experts, who assess personal damage in an increasing number of older people. Personal damage evaluation in older people is complex, and the scarcity of evidence is hindering the development of formal guidelines on the subject. The main objectives of the first multidisciplinary Consensus Conference on Medico-Legal Assessment of Personal Damage in Older People were to increase knowledge on the subject and establish standard procedures in this field. The conference, organized according to the guidelines issued by the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS), was held in Bologna (Italy) on June 8, 2019 with the support of national scientific societies, professional organizations, and stakeholders. The Scientific Technical Committee prepared 16 questions on 4 thematic areas: (1) differences in injury outcomes in older people compared to younger people and their relevance in personal damage assessment; (2) pre-existing status reconstruction and evaluation; (3) medico-legal examination procedures; (4) multidimensional assessment and scales. The Scientific Secretariat reviewed relevant literature and documents, rated their quality, and summarized evidence. During conference plenary public sessions, 4 pairs of experts reported on each thematic area. After the last session, a multidisciplinary Jury Panel (15 members) drafted the consensus statements. The present report describes Conference methods and results, including a summary of evidence supporting each statement, and areas requiring further investigation. The methodological recommendations issued during the Conference may be useful in several contexts of damage assessment, or to other medico-legal evaluation fields.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0937-9827",
doi="10.1007/s00414-020-02368-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00414-020-02368-z"
}