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The General Medical Council, which once found itself in court only when a doctor appealed to the privy council against a finding of serious professional misconduct, is facing a growing readiness of dissatisfied doctors to mount legal challenges to its practices and rulings. Dr Sidney Gee, the Harley Street slimming doctor cleared ofcharges ofmisconduct last April, started the trend when he took the first ever challenge to charges by the GMCbefore they were even heard-all the way to the House of Lords. Now the GMC is embroiled in court proceedings on two fronts, over its restrictions on advertising and its procedures for registering overseas doctors. The council says that it will "in all probability" appeal to the Court ofAppeal against
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Cinderella revisited.
OBJECTIVE To examine the references to Cinderella in medical literature. DESIGN Analysis of papers published in the past 50 years that mention Cinderella. RESULTS The trend for use of Cinderella as a metaphor in medical publications is increasing exponentially. Five separate themes emerged: neglect, identity, transformation, exhaustion, and the mixed metaphor. CONCLUSIONS The medical use ...
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