Physicians dole out dangerous drugs by exercising intimidating power over patients, especially the elderly and those dependent on limited health care choices. Many physicians use alternative medicine but shrug spitefully when patients mention it Hundreds of thousand of patients die or become chronically ill every year due to pharmaceuticals.
The balance of power would totally change if physicians were obligated to give patients a Miranda-like warning such as:
These drugs may be very harmful to your /to your child's health and you/your child do/does not have to take them. There may be alternative choices of treatments for your condition that we don't offer here but which you are free to look for elsewhere and try out.