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'''Sick & Tired''' was a British TV episode made by the BBC and broadcast in 1999 on British television. A transcript of the production is available.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/audio_video/programmes/panorama/transcripts/transcript_08_11_99.txt | title = Sick and Tired {{!}} Panorama | last = BBC | first = | date = |work=|access-date=Nov 20, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=}}</ref> Viewers left comments on the BBC web site after the show aired.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/archive/521037.stm | title = BBC News {{!}} Previous programmes {{!}} What you have said. Panorama. Sick and Tired. Your first comments|website=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2018-11-23}}</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 | authorlink = 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> The episode was a documentary that included commentary about a child seriously ill with [[ME/CFS]] whose parents stated he was placed on the social services "At risk" register for child abuse as a result of pediatrician [[Alan Stanton|Alan Stanton's]] intervention.<ref name=":0" /> The [[The BMJ|BMJ]] later published an article referring to the programme, and to the harassment of doctors by parents that they had accused of harming their children, the article showed support for both Sir Roy Meadows and Dr David Southall, both doctors who were found to have given inaccurate medical testimony that helped convict parents of killing their children<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4432273.stm | title = Profile: Sir Roy Meadow | last = BBC News | first= | date = 2006-02-17|work=|access-date=2018-11-04|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8659529.stm | title = Southall back on medical register | last=BBC news | first= | date = 2010-05-04|work=|access-date=2018-11-04|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|language=en-GB}}</ref>. The article also falsely claimed one mother had been found guilty of perjury; the BMJ published a correction stating this was not true.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Marcovitch | first = Harvey | authorlink = 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 = | authorlink = | 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> ==Complaints== Great Ormond Street children's hospital and Dr [[Michael Prendergast]] lodged complaints, parts of which were upheld.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/panorama/archive/1158787.stm Adjudication Summaries (issued 6 February 2001)]</ref> ==See also== *[[Fabricated Induced Illness|Fabricated Induced Illness/Munchausen syndrome by proxy]] *[[Ethical issues]] *[[Medical Abuse In ME Sufferers (MAIMES)]] *[[Alan Stanton]] *[[Michael Prendergast]] *[[Nigel Speight]] *[[Medical neglect and abuse]] == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:TV]]
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