Online prescribing. How one doctor got caught.
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Last fall, Arizona's medical board found general surgeon Darryl J. Mohr guilty of "unprofessional conduct" for approving online orders for Viagra and other drugs without examining or having direct contact with the buyers. In addition to ending Mohr's thriving online practice, the case reveals a growing gap between Internet and traditional medicine, and the inadequacy of current methods for monitoring and regulating online drug sales (see "The growing problem of online pharmacies").
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Medical economics
دوره 78 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001