Above the (Public Health) Law: Healthcare Worker Deception and Disobedience in a Time of Distrust
By Michelle Meyer [Author’s Note: Addendum and updates (latest: 4 pm, 10/31) added below.] A physician shall… be honest in all professional interactions, and strive to report physicians… engaging in fraud or deception, to appropriate entities. —AMA Principles of Medical Ethics This is a troubling series of news reports about deception and defiance on the part of…