MMR doctor 'failed to act in interests of children'"The accusations relate to investigations for the study, based on 12 youngsters with bowel disorders, carried out between 1996 and 1998....
The GMC heard that vulnerable children were subjected to "inappropriate and invasive" tests by the doctors, who breached of "some of the most fundamental rules in medicine".Wakefield did not have paediatric qualifications and had not worked as a clinical doctor for several years when he ordered the tests, the panel was told. One of the key claims was that Wakefield accepted more than £50,000 from the Legal Aid Board for research to support a group of parents' attempts to fight for compensation....Wakefield was accused of paying children £5 for blood samples at his son's birthday party, then joking about it afterwards." -- theguardian.com, 1/28/2010