When doctors dissent

February 1, 2010

The medical council has recently distributed a letter to all medical practitioners admonishing them not to give advice against receiving the AH1N1 vaccine. This letter raises several issues, which, if not contemplated well, may lead to public mistrust in the profession in general. The main question is whether medicine is subject to the personal opinion of the practitioner or whether the practitioner should always impart impartial information which the health authority tells him or her to do so. (The Malta Independent)