title: The challenge of governance in nursing.
abstract: I DON'T KNOW if it is a boy's thing but, growing up in the second half of the 20th century, the great crime figures we learned about were Jack the Ripper, Haig the acid-bath murderer and Crippen. For any youngster in the first half of the 21st century, probably the single name that will be on everyone's lips is Harold Shipman. His will be a substantial legacy.