Doctors and Their Crimes: Hiding Behind the White Coat by Baroness Clare Gerada MBE and Dr Zaid Al-Najjar examines what happens when the people society trusts most betray that trust. Drawing on high-profile real cases and their own clinical experience, the authors explore medical malpractice, fraud, manslaughter, sexual misconduct and abuse of power in the medical profession.
Clare Gerada is a practising GP in South London and a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords. Zaid Al-Najjar is a GP and Medical Director at NHS Practitioner Health. Together they look beyond individual wrongdoing at the systemic failures in healthcare and the law that allow such crimes to happen, and ask how trust in the profession can be restored.
What the Book Covers
- The case of Harold "Fred" Shipman, the public inquiry and its aftermath
- Medical serial killers and the themes they share
- When medicine becomes murder
- Gross negligence manslaughter and the dangerous line doctors walk
- Assault in medicine
- Doctors, drugs and crime, including prescription drug misuse
- Sexual misconduct in medicine and why professional boundaries are crossed
- Fraud, theft and corruption in healthcare
- A first-person reflection on addiction, opportunity and the descent into crime
Why Read This Book?
- Real cases, explained clearly and without sensationalism
- Written by two practising doctors with decades of experience in doctors' health
- Looks honestly at the ethical dilemmas and legal consequences
- Raises important questions about regulation, supervision and patient safety
- Readable and thought-provoking for doctors and non-doctors alike
Who Is This Book For?
- Doctors, medical students and healthcare professionals
- Teachers of medical ethics, professionalism and medical law
- Hospital administrators, regulators and patient safety teams
- Lawyers working in medico-legal cases
- General readers interested in true crime and medical ethics
Book Details
- Title: Doctors and Their Crimes: Hiding Behind the White Coat
- Edition: 1st Edition (© 2027)
- Authors: Clare Gerada, Zaid Al-Najjar
- Publisher: CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group)
- ISBN-13: 9781041318613
- Pages: 186
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
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