| The problem of evasive testimony: the expert "waffle". | |
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PMID: 17389354 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Confronted with a difficult, unexpected, or confrontational question, an expert witness may answer by attempting to overwhelm the questioner with words, sometimes highly evasive ones, that avoid, rather than actually address, the question asked. Such a discursive response is sometimes called a "waffle," as in "The expert's answer was a waffle." This review notes some examples of this phenomenon and attempts to categorize them in a meaningful way. An ancillary goal of this discussion may be to aid experts in focusing their answers. |
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Authors:
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Thomas G Gutheil |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Volume: 35 ISSN: 1093-6793 ISO Abbreviation: J. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law Publication Date: 2007 |
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Created Date: 2007-03-28 Completed Date: 2007-07-16 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9708963 Medline TA: J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 112-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Bosston, MA, USA. gutheiltg@cs.com |
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Commitment of Mentally Ill Criminal Law / legislation & jurisprudence* Dangerous Behavior Defense Mechanisms Expert Testimony / legislation & jurisprudence* Forensic Psychiatry / legislation & jurisprudence* Homicide / legislation & jurisprudence Humans Malpractice / legislation & jurisprudence Narration Semantics* Suicide / legislation & jurisprudence Verbal Behavior* |
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