PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - T Thomas TI - Covert video surveillance: the Staffordshire Protocol--a response to Dr Shinebourne. AID - 10.1136/jme.22.6.349 DP - 1996 Dec 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 349--351 VI - 22 IP - 6 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/22/6/349.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/22/6/349.full SO - J Med Ethics1996 Dec 01; 22 AB - This paper is a response to Dr Shinebourne's response to my recent paper assessing the relative merits of the Staffordshire Protocol on covert video surveillance. Dr Shinebourne does not take the opportunity to rebut the criticisms made of the text of the protocol. It is further suggested that judicial oversight of the use of CVS might accord the process a degree of proportionality.