To the Editor: The implication by Wilson and colleagues that selection processes might at any stage be designed “to identify students ... who are likely to develop physical or mental illness ... that will impair their ability to practise in an empathic and professional manner”1 raises significant ethical and legal issues.
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- 1. Wilson IG, Roberts C, Flynn EM, Griffin B. Only the best: medical student selection in Australia [letter]. Med J Aust 2012; 196: 684. <MJA full text>
- 2. Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cwlth) s 22.
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