The Cheating Classes: How Britain's Elite Abuse their Power, by Sue Cameron

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> BMJ 2003;326:605 ( 15 March )
>
> Reviews
> Book
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> The Cheating Classes: How Britain's Elite Abuse their Power
> Sue Cameron
> Simon & Schuster, £17.99, pp 259
> ISBN 0 684 85130 X
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> Trevor Jackson, assistant editor.
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> Frank Cunningham was an 18 year old mechanic in Manchester when he 
crushed his left leg while motorcross riding. Doctors x rayed the 
bone, confirmed that there had been a break, put the leg in plaster, 
and sent Frank home. It would take time to mend, they said, but there 
was nothing to worry about. Several months and many operations later, 
Frank had to have his leg amputated just below the knee.

What had gone wrong? Sue Cameron claims that Frank was a victim of the
cheating classes, those who are among the most privileged members of 
society, such as doctors, lawyers, bankers, and politicians. Cameron 
says that few of these people think of themselves as cheats, but 
nearly every day some of them inflict injustices, great and small, on 
ordinary men and women.

In Frank's case, a clot had formed after the fracture, cutting off the
blood supply to his lower leg. But when Frank had complained of a 
cold, consuming pain, Cameron reports that a doctor had told 
him, "It's October. I'm not surprised your toes are cold with the 
weather like it is today." Days passed and complications set in.

What follows is a disturbing tale of one man against the medical, 
legal, and bureaucratic establishment as Frank pursues a negligence 
claim. Eventually, after losing at the first hearing and failing to 
find a solicitor to take it further, Frank is forced to argue the 
case himself in the Court of Appeal.

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> The Cheating Classes: How Britain's Elite Abuse Their Power
> Sue Cameron
> Paperback - 304 pages (1 September, 2003)
> Pocket Books; ISBN: 0671018108
> AMAZON - UK
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> Synopsis
>
> An examination of what is happening to the ordinary people of 
Britain at
the
> turn of the new century. Illustrating her argument with real cases 
of
abuse,
> corruption and complacency, Cameron reveals how the British citizen 
has
been
> disempowered, and suggests what can be done to reverse this.
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