PEDIATRICS Vol. 71 No. 6 June 1983, pp. 991
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The Irresponsible Expert Witness

ROBERT L. BRENT MD, PHD1

1 Department of Pediatrics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107

In Reply.—

Many of the points that Turetsky makes are summarized in a paper entitled "Litigation-Produced Pain, Disease and Suffering."1 I can add little to the eloquence of Turetsky and Carstensen, except to point out that one must be able to document concerns and be careful not to air complaints that may be emotional or anecdotal, unless identified as such.

It may be of interest that I received more than 200 personal letters regarding the article on the irresponsible expert witness2; these letters came directly to the Jefferson Medical College and not to the Pediatrics editorial office.