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The hearing of fitness to practice cases by the General Medical Council: Current trends and future research agendas

John Martyn Chamberlain, Marty Chamberlain Orcid Logo

Health, Risk & Society, Volume: 13, Issue: 6, Pages: 561 - 575

Swansea University Author: Marty Chamberlain Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1080/13698575.2011.613984

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Over the last three decades a risk-based model of medical regulation has emerged in the United Kingdom. To promote a risk-averse operational culture of transparency and professional accountability the regulatory state has intervened in medical governance and introduced best-evidenced practice framew...

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Published: 2011
Online Access: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/chrs20/current
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