TY  - JOUR
T1  - DEtermination of nonpaternity
Y1  - 1929/08/24
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1929.02710080038015
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 612
EP  - 612
VL  - 93
IS  - 8
N2  - According to the daily press, the aid of medicine is sought almost constantly by the courts to aid in determining paternity. The problem involved is frequently of considerable importance to society and particularly to certain individuals. The time has passed when it is solely a matter of medical interest, and at present wide lay as well as legal attention must be considered. Misconception concerning the possibilities and probabilities of the available mode of examination is widespread, and it behooves physicians to take an intelligent part in creating a proper understanding.As yet it is wholly impossible to establish paternity by means of blood grouping, and this method can be used only in establishing nonpaternity and that only in certain instances. Hooker and Boyd1 have recently discussed the problem on the basis of mathematical probability which for clinical purposes is sufficiently close to actual observations to be considered identical. Proof
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1929.02710080038015
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02710080038015
ER  -