Gagging on it?

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 02 Feb 2010 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 340, pages c601-c601 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: F. W Arnold;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.c601

Gagging on it?

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Tony Delamothe’s editor’s choice highlighted articles by Jonathan Gornall and Jane Cassidy that show the dangers of employers gagging doctors from raising serious concerns about patient safety.1 2 3 He observed that “George Orwell would have savoured the designation of these [employing authorities] as ‘trusts’.” The two articles show trusts behaving as “big brothers,” by silencing those who would speak the truth to protect senior …

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