title: Guidelines for experts reviewing Papanicolaou smear litigation cases.
abstract: Guidelines for expert witnesses and their role in medical malpractice cases are reviewed. Some currently recommended guidelines, as modified for the pathologist acting as an expert witness, are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23219, USA.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Frable
mesh_terms: D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000592:standards*