%0 Journal Article %A TG Gutheil %A M Hauser %A MS White %A G Spruiell %A LH Strasburger %T "The whole truth" versus "the admissible truth": an ethics dilemma for expert witnesses %D 2003 %J Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online %P 422-427 %V 31 %N 4 %X The expert witness testifies under oath to tell "the whole truth," yet certain aspects of the legal system itself make this ideal difficult or impossible. The authors present both a philosophical and a practical discussion of the challenges for the expert in attaining this goal. After review of oaths in general and truth-telling in particular, real-life examples are provided to examine the vicissitudes of the whole truth in court. Recommendations are provided for experts, to preserve the truth in the adversary system. %U https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/31/4/422.full.pdf