title: Mortality variations as a measure of general practitioner performance: implications of the Shipman case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Bristol BS8 2PR. stephen.frankel@bris.ac.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sterne
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology