title: The doctor as expert witness.
abstract: The courts are entitled to expect both medical competence and expertise in conveying medical knowledge. Doctors should be familiar with their obligations as competent expert medical witnesses. There is a pressing need for medical schools to train doctors in the skills required of an expert medical witness.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Hospital, North Adelaide, SA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Awerbuch
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012586:Science; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States