Patient information – what price public trust?
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Trust and respect seem to be in short supply these days, at least where certain sectors of society are concerned. At international level, the banking industry is under a dark cloud of public opprobrium for its role in the global financial crisis. In the UK, the reputation of politicians, already low on the respect scale, has plummeted further following revelations of their exploitation of the expenses system.