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A new case: identify the medical issue and missing materials first.

The case lawyer has a stack of medical or wellness-service records and needs to know which originals to obtain, which expert to involve and whether full research warrants commissioning.

How does this scope address your concerns?

You need more than a vague opinion and do not want crucial records overlooked or an expensive case package recommended before its scope is clear.

When this scope fits
  • One defined medical or health-effect question, limited lawfully authorized materials and an agreed cost cap.
When the scope needs adjusting
  • An assessment that determines fault, causal responsibility, disability grade or compensation. Forensic assessment, legal representation and expert appearances require separate arrangements.
REAL SOURCES · ILLUSTRATIVE REQUEST · DOWNLOADABLE SAMPLE

Postoperative infection: identify missing originals first

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Initial record-location map

01Discharge summary

MR-01, p.3: infection diagnosis recorded; original awaiting verification

02Temperature and nursing records

MR-02: absent from this illustrative inventory; first abnormality unresolved

03Cultures and medication orders

MR-03: absent; sampling and treatment order cannot be checked

Record IDs, pages and status are fictional demonstration inputs. Legal sources inform preparation; they do not establish case facts.

CheckFinding / sample contentUse
Recorded factThe sample summary mentions postoperative infection but lacks the early sequence.Retain page locations and verify the original.
Unresolved inferenceA diagnosis alone does not establish infection cause or liability.Keep causation and professional conclusions pending.
Next taskObtain temperature, nursing, laboratory and order records first.Lawyer confirms access; infection/perioperative expert reviews substance.
SOURCES USED IN THIS EXAMPLE
  1. SPC civil evidence provisions (2019 revision; originals, electronic records and specialists)
  2. SPC medical damage interpretation (2020 revision, in the 27-interpretation amendment)
Prepared 5 Oct 2026 · Selected references, not an exhaustive systematic search

Scope & acceptance

Work covered by the quote

  • Illustrative hourly scope: 1 defined medical issue with limited materials and specified professional roles, an agreed rate and prepaid ceiling, recorded against actual hours.
  • Pilot references: initial assessment CNY 5,000–15,000; CNY 1,500–4,000/hour. Fictional example: reserve 6 hours × 2,000, capped at CNY 12,000; 4 actual hours cost 8,000. Unused 4,000 is settled under the contract, not presented as recovered loss.

Acceptance criteria

  • The agreed issue links to original locations, gaps, contemporaneous evidence direction, reviewers and next steps. Settlement follows completed tasks and actual hours, not a favorable conclusion.

Checking the evidence

  • Volumes and budgets illustrate a use of the existing proposed pilot specification. Scenarios are hypothetical, not completed client projects, real transactions or judicially accepted results. Scope, authority, jurisdiction, personnel, deadlines and a formal quote require confirmation.
  • The case lawyer defines the question. This is a limited assessment; unverified originals, provenance or medical points remain explicitly pending.
  • The materials workflow references civil proceedings in mainland China: retain originals, original media and provenance, with evidence identifiers. The lawyer reviews lawfulness, relevance, facts to be proved and submission procedure. An appropriately qualified expert reviews medical questions; any forensic assessment is separately undertaken by an eligible professional or institution under the applicable process. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas procedures, translations and data handling are checked separately; no universal admissibility is promised.
Workflow and inputs

From inputs to delivery

Explore the workflow and deliverable structure. This preview does not run searches, read real records or produce medical findings.

01 / WORKFLOW PREVIEW

Confirm authority, jurisdiction and one issue

Check the client and conflicts, then record care or purchase dates, procedural stage and deadline. The initial form takes an anonymous description, without sensitive records.

Agree scope before commissioning
Methods, sources and professional responsibilities
THE BASIS FOR THIS SCOPE

Why this approach? Inspect the basis.

Case issues, the relevant date and original materials define the role of the medical evidence.

ORIGINAL RULES

Civil Evidence Rules · China

Supreme People’s Court · China

Link the materials to the issues in the case

Read the civil-evidence rules and agree purpose, material format, deadlines and professional responsibility with the lawyer.

Scope & access conditions

The lawyer checks jurisdiction and the relevant legal date. Literature review is not statutory appraisal or a guarantee of admissibility or success.

Open official source
PUBLIC DATABASE

PubMed

NLM / NIH

Check papers, abstracts and original sources

Find literature for a clinical question and inspect authors, publication dates, abstracts and full-text links.

Scope & access conditions

PubMed provides citations and abstracts, not journal full text. Access depends on the publisher or archive.

Read the official description
Open official source
METHOD REFERENCE

GRADE · Cochrane Handbook

Cochrane · Chapter 14

Show effect size and confidence separately

Present important outcomes, relative and absolute effects, available data and certainty, with reasons for downgrading.

Scope & access conditions

GRADE evaluates a body of evidence for a particular outcome. Database inclusion or one study does not automatically establish high certainty.

Open official source

These references support problem definition and evidence appraisal. Your conclusions still require project-specific sources and professional review.

The value of this commissionEOS scopes one issue into supporting, contrary and missing evidence plus next records, limiting spend before expansion.

TO L · FROM ISSUES TO CASE MATERIALS

Prepare the case for the lawyer and the expert.

  1. 01

    Lawyer-defined issues

    Confirm the case purpose, jurisdiction, care or advertising dates, permissions and evidentiary deadlines.

  2. 02

    Reviewable materials

    Retain originals and media. Link the timeline, source IDs and pages to supporting and contrary evidence and unresolved questions.

  3. 03

    Expert review and legal use

    Appropriate experts review medical and methodological issues. The lawyer checks purpose and submission; eligible professionals handle any separate appraisal or appearance.

Use, jurisdiction and professional responsibility

The materials workflow references civil proceedings in mainland China: retain originals, original media and provenance, with evidence identifiers. The lawyer reviews lawfulness, relevance, facts to be proved and submission procedure. An appropriately qualified expert reviews medical questions; any forensic assessment is separately undertaken by an eligible professional or institution under the applicable process. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas procedures, translations and data handling are checked separately; no universal admissibility is promised.

Materials support preparation and lawful submission, without presuming judicial acceptance, an appraisal conclusion or success in litigation.

Read the mainland China civil-evidence rules
Reuse and updates after delivery
  • Source indexes, material lists and completed searches can carry forward. Reusable work is identified and duplicate work removed from a subsequent quote.

Agree reuse rights, retention and export periods, and future update fees when scoping.

Questions before commissioning

Can we commission only an initial assessment?

Yes. Define one issue, material volume, roles and a fee cap first. You decide whether to proceed after the assessment; it does not automatically become a full engagement.

Will the assessment tell us whether we will win?

It identifies evidence direction, gaps and work scope. The lawyer undertakes legal analysis and experts address professional questions. Litigation success, responsibility shares and judicial acceptance cannot be promised.

How do we start, and should we upload the full records?

Submit a free anonymous scoping request with the issue, jurisdiction, procedural stage, volume and deadline. The current form does not accept medical attachments or sensitive original images. Agreed materials follow confirmation of authority, confidentiality, a secure transfer channel, reviewers and the contract. Contract and payment are confirmed separately.

Define the delivery for your actual question.

Add your goal, available inputs and timing. Agree scope, review responsibilities and a quote before commissioning.

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