In an interview with Time magazine recently, Dr. Drew Pinsky spoke of the aftermath of Michael Jackson’s premature death and the fallout in the medical community. “The whole thing is going to send a chill, but it’s a highly complicated and nuanced problem that many people just don’t understand. You know, there’s a young celebrity dying of addiction every day now. And they’re all dying from pharmaceutical death. So where are they getting them? They’re getting them from my peers.”
Many doctors are reviewing the way they should interact with their wealthy and famous clientele as a result of the charges that have been filed against Conrad Murray. The fame of the patient can interfere with the traditional Dr. patient relationship. Many times when a doctor is treating a famous individual, the traditional relationship is reversed and boundaries are blurred, with the celebrity dictating what drugs or care they want and using their allure, threat of banishment and lucrative pay as means to get their way. Elvis Presley was another example of such a patient.
Even if Murray does no jail time at all, this case will impact many, according to Dr. Drew. ”Doctors are very sensitive to their professional status being questioned. They would rather go to prison than to be publicly humiliated like this, with their ability as a doctor being questioned.”
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