The background to medical self-regulation -- The General Medical Council : powers and failings -- Criminal convictions and the General Medical Council -- Doctors' attitudes to self-regulation -- Trust and the medical profession -- The NHS complaints and disciplinary processes -- The Bristol Royal Infirmary -- Rodney Ledward -- William Kerr and Michael Haslam -- Clifford Ayling -- Richard Neale -- Harold Shipman -- Whistleblowing -- Lay participation in the regulatory process -- Self-regulation in a 'no fault' culture --Revalidation : the GMC's big idea
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-410) and index