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Letter to the Editor: Comments on July’s Ethics Forum

Staff  |  Issue: September 2010  |  September 1, 2010

Morris takes a somewhat different approach than we did. Employing a reasoned, well-argued position against the prescribing of medication in circumstances where appropriate follow-up is constrained, she develops her case utilizing a paradigm involving “good” versus “ideal” versus “unsafe” care, a reminder of the inherent medico-legal considerations, and presents a resolution that involves a sharing of responsibility across participants. We rather liked her analysis of the case, thinking perhaps it was better than ours.

C. Ronald MacKenzie, MD, Elizabeth Kitsis, MD, MBE,
and Michele Meltzer, MD, MBE

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