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Wesley J. Smith

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February 1, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
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, __k-review, brain death, Dartmouth College, dehydration, Jahi McMath, Michael Schiavo, neurology, Terri Schiavo, The New Yorker, video}

More Myths of Terri Schiavo

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February 1, 2018

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One myth is that the family somehow edited videos of Terri to make it appear falsely that she was conscious. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, authoritarianism, doctors, families, futile care theory, law, medical futility, patients, Virginia}

Medical Coercion Comes to Virginia?

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January 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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Futile care theory (as I call it) or medical futility allows doctors to unilaterally refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on the physician’s values. Read More ›

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Ann Gauger

Date
January 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Life Sciences
Medicine
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, __k-review, clones, cows, embryo, embryology, legislation, marijuana, monkey, reproductive cloning, scientists, Wesley J. Smith}

Monkey Clones: Harbingers of Things to Come?

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January 30, 2018

Bioethics, Life Sciences, Medicine

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An amazing technical accomplishment, it also elicits dread. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, conscience rights, doctors, faith, human life, medicine, patients, physicians, technocrats}

Medical Establishment Opposes Conscience Rights

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January 26, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

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The Massachusetts Medical Society wants their pro-life colleagues, and those who believe in the Hippocratic Oath, to be forced to violate religious and moral beliefs. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 13, 2018

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Bioethics
Medicine
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, __k-review, assisted suicide, Belgium, Canada, elderly, euthanasia, India, Netherlands, nihilism, organ harvesting, Switzerland}

Euthanasia Pathogen Spreads — Case of the Elderly Indian Couple

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January 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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A healthy elderly couple in India is asking for joint euthanasia because their lives are of no use. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 6, 2018

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, animal rights, experiments, feelings, Ingrid Newkirk, laboratory, medicine, mice, neurons, Nuremberg Code, PETA, Research, schizophrenia, thinking, wrist}

Animal Researchers Should Be Proud

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 6, 2018

Medicine

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We are often awed at the medical miracles that save so many of our lives and alleviate unquantifiable levels of human suffering. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 4, 2018

Categories
Medicine
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, __k-review, doctors, Las Vegas, law, medicine, Nevada, pain, prescription}

Sacrificing Pain Patients to Stop Opioid Epidemic?

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January 4, 2018

Medicine

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I’m all for fighting the opioid epidemic. But not at the price of preventing patients from receiving quality medical care. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 3, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, Britain, CRISPR, epigenetics, family, Joseph Fletcher, ovum, procreation, sperm, transhumanism, University of Cambridge, uterus}

Here’s a Recipe for Procreative Anarchy

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January 3, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine, Technology

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Artificial sperm offer the transhumanist dream of radical individualistic procreation, baby manufacture, and radical family restructuring. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 19, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Medicine
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, __k-review, birth, Daily Mail, embryo, IVF, mother}

After 24 Years as a Frozen Embryo, a Baby Is Born

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December 19, 2017

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences, Medicine

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I think this story should affect the way we look at the moral value of frozen IVF embryos. Read More ›

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December 19, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Technology
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, __k-review, 3D printing, bacteria, Biomimetics, blood vessels, DNA, engineers, humans, intelligent design, microorganisms, plagiarism, proteins, Research, ribosomes, RNA, Science Advances, Wesley J. Smith}

Flink Fast! Here’s a Biodesign Paper for Happy ID Holidays

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December 19, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine, Technology

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Two highly complex creatures, humans and bacteria, team up for a new future, using 3D printing with “functional living ink” — Flink. Read More ›