OB-GYN-L Messages for February, 1999: Re: Intermittent auscultation --> Hired Guns

Re: Intermittent auscultation --> Hired Guns

From: Braun, R. Daniel

rbraun@iupui.edu

Fri Feb 19 11:13:24 1999

R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG Clinical Professor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Indiana U. School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN

-----Original Message----- From: james connerth [SMTP:babydoc@apex.net] Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 12:27 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: Intermittent auscultation --> Hired Guns

FL Bailey----??F.Lee of legal"repute??"

"Geffrey H. Klein, MD" wrote:

> At 9:37 AM -0600 on 2/19/99, FL Bailey wrote:
>
> > Please don't be naive. Barry Schrifin may not be much help to
you > > whether you use continuous electronic fetal monitoring or
intermittent > > auscultation. He is a well known plaintiff's expert witness and
"hired > > gun". He appears to have lost all credibility and has been out
of > > academic medicine for a number of years.
>
> This sounds like an interesting topic. Who is this guy? Does
anyone have > any stories about him? What options does one have when

encountering a > "hired gun"?
>
> Per ACOG Com Op Number 56, October 1987
>
> Ethical Issues Related to Expert Testimony by Obstetricians and
Gynecologists >
> The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recognizes
the duty > of obstetricians and gynecologists to testify as expert witnesses
on behalf > of defendants or plaintiffs, in accordance with their judgment on
the > merits of malpractice cases. At the same time, the College cannot
condone > the participation of physicians in legal actions where their
testimony will > impugn performance that falls within accepted standards of
practice or, > conversely, will support obviously deficient practice. Since the
experts > establish the standards in a given case, care must be exercised to
ensure > that such standards do not narrowly reflect the expert's views to
the > exclusion of other acceptable choices. The College considers
unethical any > expert testimony that does not adhere scrupulously to objectivity.
>
> Does this matter?
>
> Geffrey H. Klein, MD
> geffrey.klein@obgyn.net
> 2200 Nasa Rd 1 #200
> Houston, Texas 77058
> (713) 741 2273 ext 2628

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