PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gutheil, TG
AU  - Commons, ML
AU  - Miller, PM
AU  - LaLlave, J
TI  - "Telling tales out of court": a pilot study of experts' disclosures about opposing experts
DP  - 2000 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 449--453
VI  - 28
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/28/4/449.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/28/4/449.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2000 Dec 01; 28
AB  - A pilot questionnaire surveyed forensic psychiatrists and psychologists about information they would feel it appropriate to disclose to their retaining attorneys about an opposing expert witness. A spectrum of hypothetical disclosures was offered, varying in their relevance to the case at hand and in their degree of "public" versus "personal" information. Respondents agreed significantly that "public" information could be disclosed to one's attorney, but responses about disclosing "personal" information varied widely. The findings and their implications are briefly discussed.