Letter

Systematic clinical accountability is required

BMJ 2003; 327 doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7423.1109 (Published 6 November 2003)
Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:1109.1

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  1. William G Pickering, medical practitioner (wgpi@hotmail.com)
  1. 7 Moor Place, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4AL

    EDITOR–“Doctors,” writes Hey “being human, will sometimes give flawed advice.”1 In this, at least, he is correct. As a paediatrician he will well remember the Cleveland affair when there was so much medically flawed advice given to so many people that it required a judge to intervene.2 Lessons, alas, were …

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