Pathologist admits to being self-taught - A Review
Dr. Charles Smith was once considered top-notch in his field of forensic child pathology. In 1999, a Fifth Estate documentary singled him out as one of four Canadians with this rare expertise. A review of discredited pathologist Charles Smith has found he made errors in 20 child autopsies, 13 of them resulting in criminal charges.An inquiry led by Justice Stephen Goudge and concluding in October 2008, found that Smith "actively misled" his superiors, "made false and misleading statements" and exaggerated his expertise. Dr. Smith had provided an opinion regarding a number of cases where cause of death that was "not reasonably supported by the materials available for review". That would not be unusual, doctors do it all the time and Ontario's chief coroner is no exception.
TheStar.com | Ontario
"The review is a welcome reminder that we should never put experts at the same level as God."
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