Importing medicines from overseas: guidance needed

Medical Journal of Australia

25 July 2022 - If a doctor is aware that an expensive medicine their patient desperately needs is available from a reliable online supplier at a fraction of the cost, are they obliged to inform the patient? 

What if the supplier is not so reliable but there is no other option? Should a doctor help facilitate access from an overseas supplier on behalf of their patient?

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Michael Wonder

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