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Wesley J. Smith

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October 22, 2018

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Medicine
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, __k-review, addiction, doctors, health, New York Times, nurse, patients, Politics}

Physicians Should Prescribe Pills, not Politics

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October 22, 2018

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The last thing sick people need while being admitted to a hospital is a nurse or clerk trying to get out the vote. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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October 19, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, medicine, Ontario, palliative care, patients}

In Canada, Euthanasia Yes — Palliative Care, Not So Much

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October 19, 2018

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Canada has created a positive right to euthanasia — including coercing dissenting doctors. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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October 14, 2018

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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, ALS, assisted suicide, cancer, depression, euthanasia, interventions, Jack Kevorkian, Michael Shermer, Netherlands, Oregon, overdose, pain, Scientific American, suicide prevention, terminal illness, University of Toronto}

Scientific American: Prevention Can Benefit Any Suicidal Person

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October 14, 2018

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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My last hospice patient, Bob, told me that after some months of just wanting to be dead, that he had “come out of the fog.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 12, 2018

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Bioethics
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CRISPR, human history, laboratory, laws, mice, regulations, scientists}

With Gene Editing, Scientists Perilously Push Borders of Biotechnology

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October 12, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Such manipulations, if ever done in humans, could a profound impact on human society going down the generations. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 5, 2018

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Bioethics
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, __k-review, animal rights, animals, Argentina, Bronx Zoo, chimpanzees, Congress, Constitution, courts, elephant, frivolous lawsuits, habeas corpus, Happy (elephant), human rights, humans, judge, mirror, New York Court of Appeals, New York Post, Nonhuman Rights Project, orangutan, personhood}

Here We Go Again: Suing for “Elephant Rights”

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October 5, 2018

Bioethics

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Our care and treatment of animals arise from human duties, not conjuring rights for animals out of ideological zeal. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2018

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Bioethics
Life Sciences
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, __k-review, biotechnology, cloning, CRISPR, DNA, embryos, George W. Bush, pandemic, sperm}

Mass Human Cloning May Soon Be Upon Us

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences

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Human cloning has been accomplished, but the field remains generally stalled because of a shortage of human eggs. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 23, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, health, health insurance, life, medical care, medicine, University of Illinois, utilitarianism}

A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly?

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 14, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Brown University, children, doctors, Ezekiel Emanuel, gender dysphoria, human experimentation, ideology, New England Journal of Medicine, patients, Politicians, surgery, The Federalist}

But Wesley, It’s a Study!

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Sorry. In our ideological times, that doesn’t mean as much as it once did. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 12, 2018

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Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, cancer, doctors, euthanasia, grandchildren, homicide, medicine, mother, New York Times}

A Daughter’s Lament

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September 12, 2018

Medicine

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A New York Times writer asks, “Could I Kill My Mother?” Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, contagion, elderly, Lehigh University, Mexico, New York Times, newspapers, suicide}

Promoting “Rational” Suicide by the Elderly

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 6, 2018

Bioethics

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September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. I used to call the annual event “Invisible Suicide Prevention Day” because it is so often ignored in major media. Read More ›