RUPERT MURDOCH is alleged to have once told a neophyte editor caught dithering over a story: “News is when somebody makes a pill to make madmen sane.” Given that advice, the ongoing debate in the US over the blurred borders of law, criminal behaviour and psychopharmacology should be front-page news.
The tale is set to become a classic case study for future ethics seminars. A dentist called Charles T. Sell was charged with massive Medicaid fraud five years back. Additional charges followed his original arrest and release on bail. But before his case came up, Sell contracted a psychotic illness.…
