title: Implications of the Allitt inquiry.
abstract: The case of Beverly Allitt (Glasper and Whiting, 1993) highlights the issue of preemployment health screening and its relationship to psychiatric illness. The main purpose of pre-employment health screening is to assess a particular job applicant's health. Theoretically, such screening should identify psychiatric illness if there is a known history. However, if an illness has not been diagnosed, routine screening procedures may not be effective for ascertaining psychiatric disorders, such as Munchausen syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Senior Law Lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University.
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Limn