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Dec 28, 2010, 12:54 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,084
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Originally Posted by donut
I was just wondering if it is OK for a psychiatrist to give out free medications? I am not on any type of benefit and normally pay for all my prescriptions from General practitioner etc. It is really quite kind of him to do this as I know he is aware that I do not have much money, but is it ethical? I have been getting free meds off him for some time now. Obviously I do not want hime to get into bother if it is not right.
Thanks
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What he's doing is both legal and ethical. When I was out of work and didn't have health insurance my pdoc helped me out by giving me my meds.
Echos made a good point, you are not responsible for decisions made by your doc. Even if what he was doing was "wrong" you would not be responsible for it.
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