The criminalization of medicine fails New Hampshire’s physicians and patients

The criminalization of medicine fails New Hampshire’s physicians and patients

"While health care and the practice of medicine is not — and should not be — political, tactics that seek to criminalize medical care and aspects of the physician-patient relationship stem from shifting political headwinds." (Getty Images)Each year, a number of bills aim to legislate medicine. These are attempts by lawmakers to regulate the treatment relationship between physicians and their patients, or to determine when treatments can and cann…