Is It Need Or Is It Purely Greed
Even so, the AMA vote is merely an ethical guideline with no force of law, and it has plenty of exemptions. Doctors can still refer patients to labs and other facilities they own if the patients clearly need such services. They can also refer patients to facilities where they themselves work-and order tests and treatments that are an extension of their own practices. According to AMA counsel Kirk Johnson, most doctors know whether their investments are in their patients’ best interests or solely for their own profit, and therefore unethical under the guidelines....