Dame Janet's disappointments: It's not that easy to keep an eye on each other

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William E Osmun, family doctor (ted@smhc.net)

Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada N0L 1W0

EDITOR—Firstly, can we put Harold Shipman aside?1 2 What he did was horrible, but basing a system of revalidation on the actions of a psychopathic mass murderer is absurd. No matter what system is put in place, it will not stop the psychopath, just as all the fences in the world will not stop a suicide bomber.

The whole problem with …