Tag: Alfie Evans

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alfie Evans, authoritarianism, brain, Canada, Charlie Gard, death, doctor, experts, freedom, hospital, medicine, mind, North America, patients, technocracy, Texas, United Kingdom}

Medical Authoritarianism Continues to Expand

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2023

Bioethics, Medicine

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We live in a time where individual freedom is under material threat from an emerging technocracy. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 9, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Alfie Evans, baby, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, CNN, Court of Appeals, doctors, experts, futile care, hospital, life support, medicine, parents, quality of life, Texas}

Parents — Not Bioethicists — Should Decide about Baby’s Life Support

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 9, 2020

Medicine

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Tinslee Lewis, age 11 months, has a heart defect. The doctors claim the case is hopeless. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 12, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __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!”

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

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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Author
Rachel Adams

Date
May 2, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, bacteria, C.S. Lewis, earth, Ebola, euthanasia, Forbes, genocide, Jonathan Witt, life, Marvel Cinematic Universe, National Review, Paul Ehrlich, technocracy, The Abolition of Man, The War on Humans, Wesley Smith}

Avengers: Infinity War — The Culture of Death Goes Galactic

_{Rachel Adams
May 2, 2018

Bioethics

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The archvillain's motivations are crystal clear, and very familiar if you know about the views on human population associated with Paul Ehrlich or, even more so, Eric Pianka. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, doctors, experts, futile care theory, health care, hospital, illness, judges, life support, medicine, parents, patients, technocracy}

Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, Daily Mail, futile care theory, medicine, Michigan, parents, police, Rome, United Kingdom}

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, babies, BBC, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care, Italy, life support, medicine, technocracy, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Courts Decide It’s Time for Alfie Evans to Die

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 29, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

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We are witnessing a steady and growing imposition of technocracy in medicine, where “experts” define the parameters of care. Read More ›