Hold doctors as responsible for servers for patient under-their-influence crimes
If a drunk person leaves a bar and kills someone in a DUI, their server at the bar can be held responsible, including losing their bartending license. How much more should a psychiatrist be held responsible if one of their patients kills someone while under-the-influence of psychotropic drugs? Or if physician's patient ODs after becoming addicted to opiates which they had prescribed?
Should we reform our medical schools and licenses, if they have gotten to a state where they hold less personal responsibility than a bartender license?
So, were any of the multiple warnings the FBI received about the Florida school shooter from the shooter's doctor, the one who was professionally caring for his mental health, and who had given him his pharma prescriptions? I didn't see a warning from a doctor listed in that list of warnings which the FBI admitted it received before the shooting.
Does that doctor receive incentives from pharmaceutical companies to prescribe their mind-altering drugs to patients?
How many other patients is that doctor prescribing similar drugs to?
I read that many millions of Americans are currently taking prescription drugs for depressions and anxiety. I find this extremely concerning for many reasons. I also strongly suspect that if the doctors who prescribed these drugs believed they themselves would actually be held responsible for their patients' behaviors, and also for their health, that they would write significantly fewer of these prescriptions.
I don't like to guess though. I think we should:
start over with our medical laws and institutions, or
pass laws to hold doctors personally responsible for the care of their patients
Very interesting thoughts. I definitely think we need to start over with the healthcare system..how we care for patients and how services are charged. I think that focusing on prevention rather than symptom treatment would go a long way in many different situations.