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minus-squareaceslip@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWhy are GPs allowed to get kickbacks like that? Is that not massively unethical?
minus-squareessell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoOnly if they prescribe them to people who don’t need them or would be harmed by them. There’s no shortage of people who would get a benefit from them however so hopefully that won’t happen. My fear is that there are some bad GPs even if most of them wouldn’t do anything unethical. 🤔
Why are GPs allowed to get kickbacks like that? Is that not massively unethical?
Only if they prescribe them to people who don’t need them or would be harmed by them.
There’s no shortage of people who would get a benefit from them however so hopefully that won’t happen.
My fear is that there are some bad GPs even if most of them wouldn’t do anything unethical. 🤔