Medical Self-Regulation focuses directly on the regulatory process in the context of both the wider regulatory framework and that of other regulatory models. It will appeal to policy makers, as well as students and practitioners in the fields of medicine, medical law, sociology and professional regulation.

Contents: Preface; Part 1 Crisis: The background to medical self-regulation: The General Medical Council - powers and failings; Criminal convictions and the General Medical council; Doctors' attitudes to self-regulation; Trust and the medical profession; The NHS complaints and disciplinary processes. Part 2 Cases: The Bristol Royal Infirmary; Rodney Ledward; William Kerr and Michael Haslam; Clifford Ayling; Richard Neale; Harold Shipman. Part 3 Change: Whistleblowing; Lay participation in the regulatory process; Self-regulation in a 'no fault' culture;Crisis and change; Revalidation - the GMC's big idea; Conclusions and future directions; Bibliography; Index.

Mark Davies is Senior Lecturer in Law at Sussex Law School, University of Sussex, UK.