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Wesley J. Smith

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July 8, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, doctors, emergency room, health care, hospice, medicine, mental health, oncology, patients, terminal illness}

“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

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July 8, 2018

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It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2018

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Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Philosophy
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, __k-review, Benjamin Libet, brain, Edward Feser, English literature, handicapped, Hannah Arendt, intelligence, materialism, medicine, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, newborn, patients, physician, soul, Thomas Aquinas, Wilder Penfield}

Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul

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July 5, 2018

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Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

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July 1, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, California, circumcision, Constitution, doctors, free speech, gender dysphoria, infant, litigation, medical conscience, medical professionals, medicine, nurses, puberty, suicide, Supreme Court}

A Win for Medical Conscience

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July 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Powerful forces want to compel doctors to violate their consciences in their professional lives. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 23, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, "rational suicide", aging, assisted suicide, culture of death, legalization, loneliness, United States}

How Contemporary Society Promotes Elder Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 23, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Two UCSF medical professors warn about increasing “rational” elder suicides. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 20, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, animal rights, BBC News, computer program, conservatives, enzyme, function, gene, King’s College London, Maryland, monkeys, PETA, rats, spinal cord, stroke, viruses}

We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats. Read More ›

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David Klinghoffer

Date
June 20, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, birth defects, CIA, Daily Wire, Denmark, Down syndrome, eugenics, Europe, euthanasia, France, From Darwin to Hitler, Germany, human dignity, Iceland, Nazis, Pope Francis, Richard Dawkins, Richard Weikart, sterilization}

Were Nazis More Tolerant of Down Syndrome than Some European Countries Today?

_{David Klinghoffer
June 20, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Richard Dawkins lashed out at Pope Francis for the latter’s comparing modern eugenic efforts to Nazi precedents that sought to “create a pure race.” Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, abortion, authoritarianism, BBC News, Canada, civil rights, doctors, euthanasia, health care, hospital, human rights, Ireland, liberty, medical conscience, nurses, Roman Catholic}

Medical Conscience Crisis Comes to Ireland

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June 13, 2018

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This is not only authoritarian — shattering the guarantees of religious liberty in virtually all existing human-rights accords — but could cause a significant brain drain. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, autonomy, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care theory, hypocrisy, killing, medicine, Nazism, patients, technocracy, treatment, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”

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June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 1, 2018

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Medicine
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, __k-review, death, Death with Dignity, drugs, Food and Drug Administration, fraud, health insurance, hospice, illness, law, medication, medicine, patients, stem cells}

The Downsides of “Right to Try”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 1, 2018

Medicine

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A lot of people are cheering the law enacted recently, which permits terminally ill people access to experimental drugs not yet approved by the FDA. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, American Medical Association, assisted suicide, death certificate, democracy, doctors, drugs, euphemism, euthanasia, families, illness, law, lethal injection, lying, medicine, mercy killing, Minnesota, overdose, patients}

Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates. Read More ›