Chiropractic clinic offered referral kickbacks

Chiropractic clinic offered referral kickbacks.

Kickbacks and self-referral.

Kickbacks and self-referral.

Self-referral and kickbacks: fiduciary law and the regulation of "trafficking in patients".

© 2004 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors In this issue, Sujit Choudhry and colleagues argue persuasively for comprehensive regulation of the unsavoury practices of kickbacks and self-referrals involving physicians. These practices are capable of corrupting clinical judgement by diverting physicians, wittingly or inadvertently, from what ought to be their exclusive preoccupation: the...

Lyme disease in a British referral clinic.

BACKGROUND Concerns about over-diagnosis and inappropriate management of Lyme disease (LD) are well documented in North America and supported by clinical data. There are few parallel data on the situation in the UK. AIM To describe the patterns of referral, investigation, diagnosis and treatment of patients with suspected LD referred to an infectious disease unit in Liverpool, UK. Previous ma...