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What’s to Be Done About Unethical Expert Witnesses?

By Gita Pensa, MD | on July 21, 2020 | 1 Comment
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Dr. PensaDr. Pensa is clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; associate director (education) of the Emergency Digital Health Innovation program at Brown; and creator and host of the podcast “Doctors and Litigation: The L Word.”

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References

  1. Taylor C. Doctor takes own life to incite change in legal system. Cision PR website. Accessed May 28, 2020.
  2. Policy statement: expert witness guidelines for the specialty of emergency medicine. ACEP website. Accessed May 29, 2020.
  3. Procedure for review of testimony regarding standard of care in emergency medicine. ACEP website. Accessed May 29, 2020.

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Topics: Expert WitnessExpert Witness GuidelinesLawsuitMalpractice

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One Response to “What’s to Be Done About Unethical Expert Witnesses?”

  1. March 8, 2023

    Yasir Khalid Reply

    Nice post! I particularly enjoyed your point about the precautions regarding unethical witnesses. It really got me thinking about it in-depth, accordingly. Keep up the nice work!

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