Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 3, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, authoritarianism, freedom of conscience, legislation, medical conscience Forced Reeducation for MDs Who Don’t Want to Kill Wesley J. Smith September 3, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Bioethicists would require doctors to perform community service for their thought crime and to attend reeducation classes. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 2, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, “consensus science”, assisted suicide, coercion, conscience rights, conscientious objection, euthanasia, freedom of religion, Health & Wellness, Hippocratic Oath, medical conscience, organ harvesting, pro-life Bioethics “Consensus Statement” Would Force Doctors to Kill and Abort Wesley J. Smith September 2, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 3 The question of medical conscience — as a subset of religious liberty — is going to be one of the most contentious issues facing us in the next decade. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 28, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Health & Wellness, News Now Living Is a “Psychiatric Disorder” Wesley J. Smith August 28, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 1 The broader problem, I think, is that too many of us believe that an overriding purpose of society is the prevention of suffering. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 25, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, dehumanization, discrimination, human life, infanticide, meaninglessness, pro-life, quality of life When "Quality of Life" Means "Not Worthy of Life" Wesley J. Smith August 25, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 There is a fight going on in the UK about whether to keep a seriously ill baby on life support or put her in palliative care to die. Read More ›
reflex-test-stockpack-adobe-stock-187860427-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Howard Glicksman Date August 19, 2016 CategoriesAnatomyIntelligent DesignMedicine Tagged , __nedited, cochlea, Continuing Series, extensor reflexes, gravity, Health & Wellness, muscles, nerves, posture, receptors, reflex inhibition, reflexes, skeleton, The Designed Body (series) When You Don’t Have Time to Think: Reflexes Howard Glicksman August 19, 2016 Anatomy, Intelligent Design, Medicine 7 A reflex is an involuntary, pre-programmed, automatic motor response. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 14, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __k-review, News, world Canadian Bar Association Wants More Euthanasia Wesley J. Smith August 14, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 Once a society accepts the premise that killing is an acceptable answer to suffering, here's what happens. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 13, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsLegal Science (jurisprudence)Medicine Tagged , __tedited, assisted suicide, autonomy, popular media, public opinion, terminal illness ALS Suicide Party Wesley J. Smith August 13, 2016 Bioethics, Legal Science (jurisprudence), Medicine 1 The normalization of suicide by the media continues. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date August 12, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __tedited, bioethics, censorship, embryo research, embryonic stem cells, hype, medical ethics, Stem Cell Research Embryonic Stem Cell Hype — Was Hype Wesley J. Smith August 12, 2016 Bioethics, Medicine 2 Let's remember all those people who did not get out of their wheelchairs nor have their diabetes or Parkinson's cured by ESC therapies. Read More ›
Type post Author Michael Egnor Date August 9, 2016 CategoriesMedicine Tagged , Darwinian medicine, evolutionary explanations, explanatory power, Health & Wellness, Randolph Nesse Against “Darwinian Medicine” Michael Egnor August 9, 2016 Medicine 5 Randolph Nesse laid out his vision of medical science informed by Darwinian speculations two decades ago. Read More ›
Type post Author Howard Glicksman Date July 23, 2016 CategoriesEvolutionMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Continuing Series, Health & Wellness, The Designed Body (series) Muscles and Nervous System: Keeping the Body Moving Howard Glicksman July 23, 2016 Evolution, Medicine 1 To be able to sit and read this paragraph, your body must perform several actions all at once. Read More ›