Posted by zazenducke on March 28, 2012, at 10:41:22
Many doctors run into ethical barriers when it comes to giving advice outside the medical office. The urge to answer simple questions from friends or in online forums can create ethical problems. Technically, anyone whom a doctor has given advice to -- even if it is not within a medical facility at a scheduled appointment -- becomes the doctor's patient. The doctor could be held liable for malpractice if that patient becomes injured for following the doctor's advice. If a person who has not passed his medical certification exams gives advice to people, he is violating state and federal regulations of practicing medicine without a license.
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I want supportive replies only in my thread.
How can I avoid practicing medicine without a licence while being an active member of Babble?
Anything remotely therapeutic is advice even if I refuse to participate in suggesting particular medications to particular people? And in Psychiatry even asking how you feel might be interpreted as performing an evaluation or doing therapy.
And how can I keep our Bob from being charged with practicing without a license as the physician in charge of this establishment? If he had a storefront and was allowing the type of advice medication suggestions etc to occur in his office wouldn't he be responsible?
A simple disclaimer is legally meaningless.
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