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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Bingo. This isn't a "viewing women as nothing more than baby factories" problem. This is a medical malpractice and liability problem.
Frankly, this is where we end up by being as insanely litigious a culture as we are. This is the result. It's not that medicine is sexist, it's that it's been forced to cover its ass against any potential future liability--and putting oneself at risk of liability for a woman's infertility is a MASSIVE deal. And it's ridiculous in many cases, but there you have it. The cost of malpractice insurance forces doctors to do ridiculous things sometimes.
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I agree and also consider this quote from the article.
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A recent report raised concerns about women of childbearing age sharing prescription drugs. While the focus of the study was on drug sharing, readers of the Well blog took the discussion in an entirely different direction.
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When a physician dispenses a medication he is responsible for giving the patient reasonable amount of data to use it safely. This is also a concern for the pharmacists as well. Now consider that Jane has received that education from her physician and her pharmacist and now receives a prescription for a headache. Jane is on birth control and is not all that concerned about the risk. Now, Jane's friend Suzie comes to visit and has a headache, Jane offers the tablet to Suzie. Jane tells Suzie that these work great for her. Did Jane give Suzie all of the necessary information to make an educated decision regarding the risks involved in taking the drug? Probably not.