THE RIGHT THING by Dr Richard Colman is published
Abuses of power within the UK medical profession exposed in Dr Richard Colman's THE RIGHT THING?
- (1888PressRelease) March 20, 2015 - About the Book:
Dr Richard Colman was born in York in 1949 but his teens were spent in Lancashire. Despite suffering from dyslexia, he progressed via secondary modern to study Medicine at Cambridge. From his early teens onwards he has travelled widely.
His book is an autobiographical account of an unconventional life, concentrating on his background, travels, family and working life as a doctor who challenged the medical establishment. As the story unfolds, the author recounts taking on legal, ethical, philosophical and political issues which he found disturbing. From the beginning of the holistic movement and consumerism in healthcare in the 1980s, he explores the reality behind the Bristol scandal, illustrating how this 'scandal' was manufactured to chime with the political will of the time, resulting in the betrayal of the medical profession with loss of respect for doctors, the further encouragement of political interference, and the subsequent rise of the "victim" culture, leading to immature consumerism of today. The political agenda surrounding the 'revalidation' of doctors is also explored.
The Right Thing? exposes the abuse of power which establishment bodies/authorities use for their own ends and that damage people's lives. It demonstrates that the conventional career path is not the only way, and questions the ethical basis and purpose of medical practice.
Dr Colman argues that the duty of a good doctor is to strive to do the 'right thing', which at times might not be synonymous with what the patient, the medical nor the political establishments would like.
About the Author:
Richard Colman is an independently-minded man and doctor, whose unconventional life and medical career has seen him challenge the medical establishment from without, as a General Practitioner, and from within, as a member of the General Medical Council. In this book, he discusses his early life and medical training, changes in UK healthcare in the 1980s and the medico-political climate of the time, the Shipman affair and the reality behind the Bristol scandal with the resulting loss of respect for doctors, and the encouragement of political interference, and modern consumerism and the rise of the 'victim' culture.
Excerpt from the book:
"The overall goal however was to move on to revalidation linked to registration, whereby the GMC could refuse a licence to practice on grounds of a doctor not having proved his competency. The justification for this was never clearly explained. The two most common reasons implied were that of protecting the public (Harold Shipman, the GP mass murderer, or the Bristol scandal seemed to be brought up in this context), with the maintenance of the control of self-regulation being the second general theme. In my experience, nobody really thought that revalidation would stop a Shipman, and self-regulation for which doctors footed the bill did not seem such a prize worth keeping at all costs. Justification was never openly talked about from the consumer perspective. Perhaps, like with the advertising issue, the GMC did not like to be seen as following government pressure even when it was, preferring a different, if unclear, justification of its own."
The Right Thing? is currently available in paperback from:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Thing-Dr-Richard-Colman/dp/0755216792
This book can also be downloaded in e-book format from:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Right-Thing-Dr-Richard-Colman-ebook/dp/B00QGS046K
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Daniel Cooke
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New Generation Publishing
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E-mail: daniel ( @ ) newgeneration-publishing dot com
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