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Arch Dis Child 2001 Volume 84 No 6
This year in the UK, doctors have faced resounding criticism from
the media and parliamentarians (although patients still seem quite
kindly disposed towards their physicians). Two words crop up with
monotonous regularity, so I have sought to assist readers by quoting
their meanings as offered in The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary
(Oxford: OUP, 1993).
Paternal: of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a
father or fathers.
Paternalism: the principle or practice of behaving
in a paternal manner towards others, specifically the claim or attempt by a government, company etc., to take responsibility for the welfare
of its people or to regulate their life for their benefit.*Medical paternalism, which has a long history, has become a subject of
extreme obloquy. I am more than a little puzzled, being lucky to have
had a father who taught me a valuable moral and ethical code and
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