title: Problems of conscience and fact: consulting on medicolegal claims.
abstract: The physician is not obliged to act as a consultant in medicolegal cases, but if one does, one should consult for either the defense or the plaintiff. I believe that acting as a consultant is of service to one's medical colleagues and to society as a whole. Moreover, a series of cases substantiates the view that it should be an advantage to physicians if more ophthalmologists of stature would accept this task.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009885:Ophthalmology; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States