title: Expert witness travel dilemmas: a pilot study of billing practices.
abstract: A pilot study was performed, by questionnaire, on the strategies that expert witnesses use in calculating billing for travel on forensic cases. The authors tentatively conclude that as the complexity of the travel situation increases, a tendency toward redundant billing emerges. The results--the first of their kind--are presented with their implications for this and future studies.
authors.affiliation: Program in Psychiatry and the Law, Massachusetts Mental Health Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Gutheil
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Commons
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Goodheart
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000191:economics*; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014195:Travel / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States