I hate Dr's. But to be fair these types of incentives are run-of-the-mill. Been happening for a long time. Oxycontin comes to mind as another detrimental case. The docs are stooges in a much larger web of deceit. Pharm companies lobby congress, congress rallies the beaurocracy. The medical journals follow suit.
This seems like lazy thinking to me. It's always been this way so we just accept it. No. At the VERY LEAST there should be a law compelling doctors to report to their patients that they receive a financial benefit with certain treatments.
I can't disagree with that. I'm just saying it's no different than it's been. Long before covid this was deemed acceptable. It's only now that more people are waking up to it
I think it's only recently that people even know about it. With many (most?) professions, there are rules that govern ethics. A pro must inform their client about incentives they receive. Most people probably never even considered that their 'friendly family doctor' would take money from pharma to treat them. It's sick.
This is not exclusive to Dr's I must assert. There are lots of industries where someone recieves incentives to sell you something that has a death rate.
I hate Dr's. But to be fair these types of incentives are run-of-the-mill. Been happening for a long time. Oxycontin comes to mind as another detrimental case. The docs are stooges in a much larger web of deceit. Pharm companies lobby congress, congress rallies the beaurocracy. The medical journals follow suit.
This seems like lazy thinking to me. It's always been this way so we just accept it. No. At the VERY LEAST there should be a law compelling doctors to report to their patients that they receive a financial benefit with certain treatments.
I can't disagree with that. I'm just saying it's no different than it's been. Long before covid this was deemed acceptable. It's only now that more people are waking up to it
I think it's only recently that people even know about it. With many (most?) professions, there are rules that govern ethics. A pro must inform their client about incentives they receive. Most people probably never even considered that their 'friendly family doctor' would take money from pharma to treat them. It's sick.
This is not exclusive to Dr's I must assert. There are lots of industries where someone recieves incentives to sell you something that has a death rate.