When does expert witness testimony constitute a violation of the ACR Code of Ethics? The role of the ACR Committee on Ethics

Leonard Berlin; Thomas R Hoffman; William F Shields; Jan Cox; American College of Radiology

doi:10.1016/j.jacr.2005.12.013

When does expert witness testimony constitute a violation of the ACR Code of Ethics? The role of the ACR Committee on Ethics

J Am Coll Radiol. 2006 Apr;3(4):252-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2005.12.013.

Authors

Leonard Berlin¹, Thomas R Hoffman, William F Shields, Jan Cox; American College of Radiology

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, IL 60076, USA. lberlin@rsh.net

PMID: 17412056
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2005.12.013

Abstract

The ACR established the Committee on Ethics in 1997. As outlined in a prior article in JACR, the committee reviews allegations that an ACR member violated the Code of Ethics. One type of complaint is that an ACR member provided biased or inaccurate expert medical testimony. This article describes how the committee reviews expert witness complaints, decides whether to investigate them, and in some cases imposes disciplinary sanctions against a member.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Codes of Ethics*
Deception*
Ethics Committees / organization & administration*
Expert Testimony / ethics*
Expert Testimony / standards*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / ethics*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / standards*
Societies, Medical
United States