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dc.contributor.authorAnderten, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorStaulcup, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorGrisso, Thomas
dc.date2022-08-11T08:10:26.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:08:59Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:08:59Z
dc.date.issued1980-10-01
dc.date.submitted2010-09-10
dc.identifier.citationProf Psychol. 1980 Oct;11(5):764-73.
dc.identifier.issn0033-0175 (Linking)
dc.identifier.pmid11650638
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45707
dc.description.abstractComments that many ethical pitfalls may await psychologists who participate as expert witnesses in the legal process. This article describes the ethical problems and examines their origin in light of important differences in purpose between psychological practice and legal process. Special attention is given to problems of objectivity in the assessment process, ethical issues in the interpretation of data in the courtroom, and the client's psychological welfare. Suggestions for maintaining ethical practice in the role of expert witness are provided. (29 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=11650638&dopt=Abstract">Link to Article in PubMed</a>
dc.relation.urlhttp://psycnet.apa.org/journals/pro/11/5/764.pdf
dc.subjectCivil Rights
dc.subjectConflict of Interest
dc.subject*Ethics, Professional
dc.subject*Expert Testimony
dc.subject*Health Personnel
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectJurisprudence
dc.subjectMentally Ill Persons
dc.subjectPatient Advocacy
dc.subjectPatient Care
dc.subjectProfessional Competence
dc.subject*Psychology
dc.subjectSocieties, Scientific
dc.subjectPsychiatry
dc.titleOn being ethical in legal places
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleProfessional psychology
dc.source.volume11
dc.source.issue5
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/psych_pp/239
dc.identifier.contextkey1550362
html.description.abstract<p>Comments that many ethical pitfalls may await psychologists who participate as expert witnesses in the legal process. This article describes the ethical problems and examines their origin in light of important differences in purpose between psychological practice and legal process. Special attention is given to problems of objectivity in the assessment process, ethical issues in the interpretation of data in the courtroom, and the client's psychological welfare. Suggestions for maintaining ethical practice in the role of expert witness are provided. (29 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathpsych_pp/239
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Psychiatry
dc.source.pages764-73


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