Leading Article: Medical compassion

Tuesday 25 August 1998 23:02 BST

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THE RETURN of the bedside manner is much to be desired. So it is nice to have the Council of the Deans of the Medical Schools recommending a move away from purely academic means of selecting students.

The arrogance displayed in recent medical negligence cases is part of a culture which views patients as intellectual problems, rather than as people. Any moves, like the Deans', are welcome moves to attack this problem at the roots.

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