Posted by SLS on January 6, 2007, at 8:00:26
In reply to Re: Patient paid to accept neuroleptic depot injection, posted by laima on January 5, 2007, at 23:42:46
> Wow- it sounds very dicey ethically. Who is to say who must get shots?
Or any other treatment.
> What if someone is desperately broke and gets shots that are not quite exactly right for them for this reason?
Great point.
However, why were the shots chosen by the doctor in the first place?
I guess if the patient were aware of the injection program, they could purposely be non-compliant or "act" non-compliant to enter it.
What if the incentive were not contingent upon any particular treatment? What if compliance to any agent could be verified with lab tests?
- Scott
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