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title: Defense Medical Exam
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Defense Medical Exam, from the Subject Matter Index.
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Defense%20Medical%20Exam
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[![Defense exams are not independent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Sims-istock-1394898358_fda9093ddfd7206e76e492389c8c9ad6.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/defense-exams-are-not-independent "Defense exams are not independent")

## [Defense exams are not independent](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august/defense-exams-are-not-independent "Defense exams are not independent")

They are rife with fraud. And you can prove it

[Dorothy Clay Sims](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/dorothy-clay-sims "Dorothy Clay Sims")

From Issue: [2024 August](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2024-august)

## [The defense medical exam is not an interrogation](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october/the-defense-medical-exam-is-not-an-interrogation "The defense medical exam is not an interrogation")

Don’t let the medical examiner conduct an oral examination – this isn’t a deposition

[Clifton N. Smoot](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clifton-n-smoot "Clifton N. Smoot")

From Issue: [2018 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2018-october)

[![The defense medical examination](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Owen-istock-1057916194_f2090d1c6c6a5d8e2949dc41a1ba337c.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-october/the-defense-medical-examination "The defense medical examination")

## [The defense medical examination](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-october/the-defense-medical-examination "The defense medical examination")

Protecting your clients and their cases from improper examinations and interrogations during DMEs

[Andrew Owen](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/andrew-owen "Andrew Owen")

From Issue: [2019 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-october)

## [Defense medical exams in brain-injury cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december/defense-medical-exams-in-brain-injury-cases "Defense medical exams in brain-injury cases")

Use motion practice to stop defense experts from abusing the MMPI2 and other testing in brain-injury cases

[Alan Van Gelder](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/alan-van-gelder "Alan Van Gelder")

From Issue: [2020 December](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2020-december)