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                    TV doctor Raj Persaud admits plagiarism

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   Indy/Life

   TV psychiatrist Dr Raj Persaud today admitted using plagiarised
   material in a book and articles he wrote.

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   The doctor, who is famed for his regular appearances on daytime TV
   shows such as This Morning, admitted plagiarising four articles for his
   2003 book 'From The Edge Of The Couch'.

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   "We further allege that Dr Persaud has been dishonest... Dishonesty can
   be inferred from his repeated conduct in plagiarising the work of
   academics... thereby enhancing his professional reputation and standing
   with the public as well as enhancing himself in the press.
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   He said Dr Persaud blamed sub-editors after an article he wrote for the
   Times Educational Supplement (TES) in February 2005 failed to
   acknowledge the scholar whose work he plagiarised.

   Professor Thomas Blass, of the University of Maryland, USA, complained
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   for subbing errors in their apology."

   The GMC panel heard that allegations of plagiarism against Dr Persaud
   were first made in a Sunday Times article published in April 2006.

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   The article alleged that sections of Dr Persaud's book, published three
   years earlier, were plagiarised from academic articles.

   At the time Dr Persaud was a consultant psychiatrist for the South
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   "Having seen the passage Professor Bentall was astonished that a
   substantial portion of his paper had simply been copied into the book
   in what he believes was a deliberate act of plagiarism."

   Mr Donne said the British Medical Journal (BMJ) was forced to issue an