Self-Aggrandising Pseudoscience Castigated - Wakefield Struck Off By GMC
Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 20:28
in Psychology & Sociology
Self-Aggrandising Pseudoscience Castigated - Wakefield Struck Off By GMC Following the longest medical misconduct inquiry ever held in the U.K., Andrew Wakefield has been struck off by the GMC, the General Medical Council. The GMC, an independant charitable organisation, is responsible in the UK for the registration of medical doctors and for the supervision of their conduct. The GMC enjoys a global high reputation for its ethics and integrity. Brian Deer has exposed much wrongdoing by Wakefield and has been the subject of a (withdrawn) libel suit by him. He reports in the UK's Sunday Times, 31st Jan 2010: read more