PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Berger, SH
TI  - Do juries listen to jury instructions?
DP  - 1997 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 565--570
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/4/565.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/25/4/565.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1997 Dec 01; 25
AB  - The author reports the case in which he was sued for medical malpractice. A nonunanimous jury found in favor of the plaintiff. Interviews of two of the jurors revealed that the jury discounted the expert testimony on both sides, the evidence, and the jury instructions. The author, finding that the jury decided the case based upon it's perception of the physician's "bedside manner," concludes that juries expect psychiatrists to behave more like friendly family doctors than objective psychoanalysts.