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I have MDs in the family too, their continuing education classes are sponsored (free) and with feasts provided as well. Lawyers have to pay for our required co
by pnw_hazor 7y ago
I have MDs in the family too, their continuing education classes are sponsored (free) and with feasts provided as well.
Lawyers have to pay for our required continuing education classes. Sponsored courses and retreats are clearly a conflict of interest for MDs.
Also, as lawyer, I remain shocked and saddened to see how US medical providers have abandoned patient privacy in the wake of the US opioid crisis. Patients prescribed any controlled substance are now put on registers that almost any state actor (or local police) can review at will.
US MDs have thrown their patients under the bus because they (or their colleagues) were (lazily/blindly/greedily) writing too many opioid prescriptions.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoHow are doctors responsible for laws passed by state legislators (who tend to be lawyers) requiring doctors to use PDMPs?
- pnw_hazor 7y agoAsk the AMA. Docs should have stood fast or at least forced more patient privacy protection. As it is, some health providers require patients to sign broad privacy waivers before issuing prescriptions for controlled substances (including ADHD meds). My GP didn't even think it was an issue -- here sign this. I couldn't believe what I was reading. I refused and didn't get the meds I needed -- resulting in harm to put it mildly. I am lucky that I am not suicidal because it got pretty dark for me, after a few weeks I had to crawl back to get the meds I need.