What duty, if any, do individual physicians have to lobby and advocate for policy solutions that may impact the health and health care of patients and the public
A year after Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Pou was arrested and charged with one count of second-degree murder and nine counts of conspiracy to commit second-degree murder for administering drugs to patients who subsequently died.
Physicians have an ethical responsibility to caregivers whose psychological distress is caused by their experience of the patient’s illness and treatment.
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10.1001/journalofethics.2017.19.5.msoc3-1705.