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==Sick and Tired documentary == The BBC documentary [[Sick and Tired - BBC|Sick and Tired (Panorama)]] described the background to the General Medical Council complaint about Alan Stanton, along with cases of several doctors who later lost their license to practice as a result of falsely accusing a parent of child abuse.<ref name="BBC-video">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_08_11_99.txt TRANSCRIPT - PANORAMA "SICK AND TIRED"]</ref> Viewers left comments on the BBC web site after the show aired.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/archive/521037.stm Monday 8 November - Sick and Tired. This forum lists your first comments on Sick and Tired]</ref> Several letters of complaint referring to the programme were published by the [[BMJ]], one of which falsely claimed one mother had been found guilty of perjury; the BMJ published a correction.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal | last = Marcovitch | first = Harvey | author-link = Harvey Marcovitch | date = 1999-11-20 | title = Diagnose and be damned | url =https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117104/ | journal = BMJ : British Medical Journal | volume = 319 | issue = 7221 | pages = 1376|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1117104|pmid=10567164|quote=Dr Alan Stanton, a community paediatrician who had intervened in a case where parents' views and those of the local medical team were in conflict. This child's case had already led to www.msbp.com targeting Stanton for his stance in this case, and he has had to deal with complaints to his hospital trust and the GMC.|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last = | first = | author-link = | date = 1999-11-27 | title = Diagnose and be damned. Additional article information. | url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117173/ | journal = BMJ : British Medical Journal | volume = 319 | issue = 7222 | pages = 1444|issn=0959-8138|pmc=1117173|pmid=10574891|quote=In this article by Harvey Marcovitch (20 November, pp 1376-7) on the problems faced by doctors who deal with child abuse it was wrongly stated that Sharon Payne (also known as Sharon Wraxall) was convicted of perjury. The BMJ wishes to apologise to Ms Payne for this error.|via=}}</ref> A comment on [[The BMJ|The British Medical Journal]] (BMJ) web site referred to the show as "a hatchet job".<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Garralda | first = Elena | author-link = Elena Garralda | date = 2018-11-04|others= | title = Sick and tired | url =http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/sick-and-tired-0 | journal = The BMJ|language=en | volume = | issue = | pages=|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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