tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post114664794702566354..comments2023-10-17T09:48:29.273+01:00Comments on The Brown Stuff: Dame Janet slams docs againDr Russell Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00406043714226331927noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-37682389208766728862006-11-05T04:15:00.000+00:002006-11-05T04:15:00.000+00:00Even in this day and age, there is still very much...Even in this day and age, there is still very much an arrogance amongst many doctors with an "us and them" attitude and when "push comes to shove", they close ranks!<br /><br />Do members of other professions 'investigate' themselves for misconduct? How can self-investigation ensure neutrality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-14578287177495195712006-10-21T10:46:00.000+01:002006-10-21T10:46:00.000+01:00No profession, job or walk of life is free from a ...No profession, job or walk of life is free from a criminal element. Why should they be, crime is part of the human condition, as is greed, and psychopathology. <br />To suggest that being a doctor is the cause of crime or psychopathology is no more rational then belief that crop circles are indicative of alien abductions.<br />That is not to say that we shouldn't do all we can to detect and prevent it, especially in a trusted profession such as the medical profession ( or politics I would suggest ).<br />The real question is, does Dame Janet's input help or not? I would say that some of her recommendations help and virtually all of her comments are destructive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149979262634587142006-06-10T23:41:00.000+01:002006-06-10T23:41:00.000+01:00Shipman perverted his expertise - but his expertis...Shipman perverted his expertise - but his expertise was an intrinsic element of the crimes he committed. To suggest that he was a murderer who just happened to be a doctor is plain wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149779043619843652006-06-08T16:04:00.000+01:002006-06-08T16:04:00.000+01:00...and I thought there were plenty of killers who ......and I thought there were plenty of killers who weren't doctors!!<BR/><BR/>If the number of doctors is directly relatable to the number of murders, then we don't need to recruit any more doctors into the NHS, because eventually there will be more doctors than patients!<BR/><BR/>Great might as well stop making my NI contributions now :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149777155954090142006-06-08T15:32:00.000+01:002006-06-08T15:32:00.000+01:00Kelly: I agree with your first 2 sentences. I di...Kelly: I agree with your first 2 sentences. I disagree with the third in the sense that there has not been anything to show that his becoming a doctor induced him to kill. Rather, as you intimate in your fourth, he used his position to facilitate his crimes. Given his obvious psycopathy, I suspect he became a doctor because it gave him a "power-trip".<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I'm no shrink!<BR/><BR/>The tone of your comment however would suggest that all doctors are motivated to kill by virtue of being doctors. That is patent nonsense.<BR/><BR/>Whether Shipman became a doctor to kill people or whether he used his position to facilitate it, there is no way one can say that his being a doctor gave him the motivation for killing. Likewise being a financial adviosr doesn't automatically make you a fraudster: some people take advantage of their position, but its not the position that makes them do it, its who they are.<BR/><BR/>(And assuming you're the previously anonymous poster, at least we have a name, if not a profile...)Dr Russell Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406043714226331927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149773165959954532006-06-08T14:26:00.000+01:002006-06-08T14:26:00.000+01:00Shipman's crimes were directly linked to his posit...Shipman's crimes were directly linked to his position as a doctor. He thrived on his abuse of power, authority etc. It was his very being a doctor that gave him the motivation to kill. Just as a financial expert is well placed to commit fraud, Shipman's profession gave him the power and position to kill - but more than that: the interest to do it. His being a doctor was in no way incidental to his crimes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149628969864785232006-06-06T22:22:00.000+01:002006-06-06T22:22:00.000+01:00Oh please...It may be tedious in your humble and a...Oh please...<BR/><BR/>It may be tedious in your humble and <I>anonymous</I> opinion, but read my post again.<BR/><BR/>You've agreed with me about the GMC not being fit for purpose. And to reiterate, where is the evidence for anymore (recent) medical serial killers? Shipman was a murderer who happened to be a doctor and who used his position to commit his crimes. He was not a murderer because he was a doctor.<BR/><BR/>If you want to criticise my opinions, at least have the honesty to leave your name. Otherwise, no further communication will be entered into, and you won't get any more comments puiblished either.<BR/><BR/>Put up or shut up.Dr Russell Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406043714226331927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22827924.post-1149625241280094772006-06-06T21:20:00.000+01:002006-06-06T21:20:00.000+01:00It is very tedious how many of you doctors are so ...It is very tedious how many of you doctors are so defensive and inward looking. Shipman was not a one off in the sense that there will be (and have been) others who exhibit criminal behaviour which threatens patients, and the GMC is not fit to deal with themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com