The Academy of Experts was established in 1987 and is a professional society and accrediting body for expert witnesses across a wide range of disciplines. The Academy was founded to establish and promote high professional standards for experts and to support the effective use of expert evidence in legal and dispute resolution proceedings.The Academy provides accreditation, professional development and training for expert witnesses, as well as support for mediators and expert determiners. It a...

The ACLM was established in November 1995 and  provides a network for doctors and dentists who have completed dual qualifications in law and medicine or dentistry, or forensic medicine, or whose areas of practice are impacted by the law and who have consequently elected to undertake internal College or external training to gain at least a basic understanding of the law as it applies to their practices for the benefit of their patients.The aim of the ACLM is to provide the medical profess...

AbstractIt is perhaps appealing to those concerned with physician misconduct to think that selection of entrants to medical school which included psychological testing would identify at-risk candidates who suffer psychological or psychiatric impairments and therefore could be excluded from training. The treatment of psychoses is fraught with adverse side effects which limit the effectiveness of graduates so afflicted.However psychologically impaired physicians who commit boundary violations a...

I well remember a maternal death from asthma in Dublin during a Caesarean section. The anaesthetists were devastated.
What may have caused that was the use of ergometrine after the baby was delivered. This is a risk factor for bronchoconstriction especially when general anaesthesia is combined. In my experience that fact is not well appreciated by clinicians.In Australia 12.7% of pregnant women suffer asthma.One in 9 Australians suffer from asthma: a chronic inflammatory ...

An OASIS injury can have a devastating effect on the life of a young mother who develops incontinence of flatus and faeces.This can happen because the sphincter transections are either not identified ; not repaired correctly or the repair subsequently breaks down. Over time ,especially during the menopause even good repairs can weaken because of progressive loss of smooth muscle and connective tissue.The External Anal Sphincter (EAS) is comprised of striated muscle and is innervated by the pu...