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I’d suggest adding: - Cannot charge patient for treatment. That way nobody can actually sell snake oil.
by zaptrem 3y ago
I’d suggest adding:
- Cannot charge patient for treatment.
That way nobody can actually sell snake oil.
- hef19898 3y agoAnd apply medical trial standards. And everyone benefits, evem treatment isn't successful there are research results to work with.
- finite_depth 3y ago[dead]
- tim333 3y agoNot charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article which would presumably be expensive. I think better that a doctor has to sign off a bit of paper saying they feel the treatment is reasonable. They'd be reluctant to do that for snake oil.
- david-gpu 3y ago> Not charging would prevent treatments like the one in this article Charging patients opens the door to any unscrupulous doctor to profit from desperate people. Not charging patients closes the door to some potential legitimate treatments until e.g. a university funds some research to try them out. I know which one of the two worlds I would rather live in.
- jmartrican 3y agoI strongly agree. The makers of the treatment recoup their investment once the treatment goes into prod. But while in beta, it should be free to the patient. Without this rule, I can imagine a world where businesses make a living selling treatments that are never intended to get past the FDA's certificatuon process.