U.S. Attorney, Heal Thyself - a response to Brownlee’s "First Do No Harm"

U.S. Attorney, Heal Thyself - a Response to ‘First Do No Harm’ by John Brownlee - Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; Addiction, Pain and Public Health website; 2006-02-04 (unpublished letter to Editor, Roanoke Times)

“In ‘First Do No Harm’ Brownlee luridly presents a medical anecdote suggesting that the continuance of opioid medications in pregnancy is inappropriate medical practice. He is factually wrong… I can’t blame Brownlee for trying to spin the farce that the “racketeering” trials of Dr. Knox and Beverly Boone became. Over 300 charges were brought in a long federal prosecution that ultimately cost Dr. Knox his license. This end could have been accomplished by simple administrative action of the state medical board.”

See also: First Do No Harm - John Brownlee, The Roanoke Times, 2006-01-30.

Dr. Cecil Knox and Beverly Boone: Racketeers? archives

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