Answer the inquiries below. 2. A number of medical centers around the United Sta

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Answer the inquiries below.

2. A number of medical centers around the United States now offer "finders' fees" to physicians for referring patients to researchers who are conducting trials of new drug therapies, the side effects of which are not yet known.
one researcher, for example, was offering physicians a $350 payment for each referred patient who enrolled in the research project. Many physicians accept the fees and make the referrals, apparently without suffering pangs of conscience. Are their actions ethical?

Explanation / Answer

No, not at all the action of finder fees for the referring patients to researchers for conducting trials of new drugs therapies whose side effects are not yet known can be ethical in any cost, Because, no one have right to take decisions of others life just for sake of medicines. Physicians are there to help patients with there knowledge of medicines they don't of rights to refer any patients for research.

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