Posted by seldomseen on August 29, 2007, at 16:01:49
In reply to Re: They shouldn't have the right.. » JohnnyBLinux, posted by linkadge on August 29, 2007, at 15:01:42
Ah hah! You have hit on, I think, one of the fundamental questions in medicine today.
Who, ultimately, is responsible for what a patient does with meds, advice etc...?
In terms of meds, if a doc prescribes meds that interact, but has directed the patient to take them correctly and the patient does NOT - who is responsible for the harm to the patient?
In my opinion it should be the patient, but in reality it usually is the providers - and that includes the pharmacists.
So I think they have to be very careful how and when they dispense meds.
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