PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gutheil, TG
AU  - Hauser, M
AU  - White, MS
AU  - Spruiell, G
AU  - Strasburger, LH
TI  - "The whole truth" versus "the admissible truth": an ethics dilemma for expert witnesses
DP  - 2003 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 422--427
VI  - 31
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/4/422.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/31/4/422.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2003 Dec 01; 31
AB  - 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.