LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even after several patients died of overdoses, a California doctor charged in their deaths kept passing out prescriptions for powerful painkillers in appointments that lasted as little as three minutes, often without physical exams and despite red flags that she could be feeding addictions, a prosecutor told jurors Monday. A defense attorney for Dr. Hsiu-Ying “Lisa” Tseng countered that some of those patients were suicidal, others were using the prescriptions to party, and all took well over the recommended dosage. The lawyer painted Tseng as a somewhat naive doctor who was soft-hearted and never thought her patients would abuse her prescriptions.
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