The doctors' tale : professionalism and public trust

This personal testimony by a past President of the General Medical Council highlights the struggles of doctors as a profession during the upheaval of recent years.

It takes readers through the scandal of the Bristol baby deaths and the Dr Shipman murders, and looks at how these shook the public's trust in doctors.

It also examines the changes that need to be made to the culture of medicine and the regulation of doctors in order to regain public confidence and describes Sir Donald's fights with successive Secretaries of State for Health.