The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7165 p347-351
15 September 2001

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Transcripts a valuable resource

From Professor J. Wingfield, FRPharmS

Three cheers for Anthony Cox! I only wish I’d said it first (PJ, 8 September, p322) In the late 1980s I was able to consult more than 30 years’ worth of Statutory Committee transcripts to support the dissertation for my master’s law degree. Nothing is as valuable as the original transcript. A verbatim account is prepared of all committee hearings, almost all of which are in public and open to the press. A good deal of misinformed comment and resentment might be avoided if all could have access to the full transcripts. Such material would also be a valuable resource for teaching and research into this neglected area of self-regulation of the profession.

Joy Wingfield
Professor of Pharmacy Law and Ethics
University of Nottingham

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