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International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:915-916
© International Epidemiological Association 2003

Reprints and Reflections

Commentary: The Doctor’s Dilemma: a response

Liam Donaldson

Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS, UK. E-mail: Liam.Donaldson@doh.gsi.gov.uk

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The central thesis in the Preface to The Doctor’s Dilemma1 was, of course, that a profession that had a direct and pecuniary interest in the treatment of its patients could not be trusted to act in their interests.

It is said that Shaw’s hatred of doctors stemmed from a bungled operation on his foot.

Shaw would never have acknowledged in 1911 that the bad doctors were in the minority. The experience of the last 90 years and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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