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News

Alder Hey report condemns doctors, management, and coroner

BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7281.255 (Published 03 February 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:255

Rapid Response:

Alder Hey reportage and photographic misconduct

Dear Editor,

The photograph accompanying the news article regarding the Alder Hey
report on organ retention and falsified records, is a falsification itself
- it consists of at least two superimposed images (1). Why falsify
photographs to make a good image, or was the irony intentional?

Dr. Paul S.Thomas,

Senior Lecturer,

University of New South Wales,
Randwick, Sydney, NSW 2031,
Australia.

(1) Hunter M. Alder Hey report condemns doctors, management, and
coroner. BMJ (News, BMJ 2000; 322: 255 (3rd of February).

Competing interests: No competing interests

03 April 2001
Paul Thomas
Senior Lecturer
University of New South Wales