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The practice is dismissively referred to as “rating farming.”

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His consent processes - in which patients should be able to make informed decisions over surgery - were poor, his record-keeping was inadequate, and his communication with patients was often dismissive, the report added.

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“That is infuriating, and it’s the perfect example of a tone deaf, dismissive approach that our leaders always seem to take.”

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It’s a dismissive way of looking at a problem that doesn’t begin and end with boys.

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Alvarez landed a heavy right in the closing seconds of the round, but Crawford merely smiled dismissively.

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