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Surgeons and the ‘God complex’
Author(s) -
Kirby Roger
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.576
Subject(s) - publicity , conviction , law , relation (database) , medicine , psychology , political science , computer science , database
The recent publicity surrounding the prosecution and conviction of breast cancer surgeon Ian Paterson risks seriously undermining trust in surgery and in surgeons, especially in relation to his reported arrogance and supposed ‘God complex’. Sadly, he is not the first surgeon to be accused of these unfortunate characteristics – nor will he be the last…