JBR Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine and Dental Sciences

Aging And Immunization

 These Medicolegal Ethics Guidelines, “the Guidelines” are meant to supplement the World Medical Association International Code of Medical Ethics in areas of medicolegal practice.These Guidelines must not be interpreted as legal advice. When accepting a medicolegal mandate, the health care professional assumes a different role from that of a treating health care professional. Based on best practices and international case law, the Guidelines provide guidance to physicians and other regulated healthcare professionals who perform third party medicolegal evaluations and act as expert witnesses. Due to the relationship with their own employers, insurance or company health care professionals should not be considered as third party evaluators, given the duality of their roles. Similarly, potential conflicts between the fiduciary duty to patients and duty towards the Court precludes treating health care professionals serving as independent evaluators as well. In the Guidelines, the terms “must” and “should” are used in the following ways:  “Must” denotes an overriding duty or principle.  “Should” is used to provide an explanation on how an overriding duty will be met or where the duty or principle will not apply in all situations or circumstances, or where factors outside the control of the evaluator affect compliance with the Guidelines. When the term “Expert” is used in the Guidelines, it refers to the medicolegal evaluator acting in the capacity of an expert witness. The Guidelines must not be interpreted as a declaration of evaluator or evaluee rights nor be construed as legal advice. These Guidelines are meant a guide to medicolegal evaluators acting within their scope of practice facing ethical and legal dilemmas when conducting evaluations. The proposed International Code of Medicolegal Ethics encompasses seven  

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