08 February 2009

Shrinking down the pub


Psychiatrist Nicholas Cooling was up before his bosses at the General Medical Council recently for over-prescribing an antipsychotic drug, and for consulting with his patient down the pub. The doc was handed down a six-month suspension.
When it comes to psychiatry, you could probably do the business anywhere: a pub, park bench, train station, airplane, car, sauna, so on and so on. It doesn't really matter where the psychiatric 'consultation' takes place as you sure don't need any tools of the trade other than the tongue to give an opinion.

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