James Elwood

James Stanley Elwood was a British physician responsible for 222 cancer misdiagnoses between 1995 and 2000. cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/06/14/nelw14.xml|title=Doctor defied inquiry after 200 blunders|publisher=The Telegraph|first=Michael|last=Fleet|date=16 June 2000|accessdate=2007-05-18] cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/788250.stm|title=Pathologist warnings 'went unheeded'|publisher=BBC News|date=13 June 2000|accessdate=2007-05-18] [British Telecom "The Phone Book", July 1998]

Elwood graduated with bachelor's degrees in medicine and surgery from Belfast in 1943. cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2000/06/14/nelw114.xml|title=Elwood stays silent over mystery career|publisher=The Telegraph|first=Sean|last=O'Neill|date=16 June 2000|accessdate=2007-05-18]

He was not subject to any disciplinary procedures, having removed his name from the British medical register. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1342711/Elwood-stays-silent-over-mystery-career.html Elwood stays silent over mystery career - Telegraph ] ] He initially refused to co-operate with the investigation of his misdiagnoses by refusing to divulge the details of his medical career.

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