A pilot rasch scaling of lawyers' perceptions of expert bias

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 482-491

  Dattilio, Frank M ^a,b,d   Commons, Michael Lamport ^a   Adams, Kathryn Marie ^c   Gutheil, Thomas G ^a   Sadoff, Robert L ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Mental Health Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LAWYER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHICS; EXPERT WITNESS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRIMINAL LAW; DATA COLLECTION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248670391     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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