Tag: Department of Health and Human Services

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, breastbone, choking, circulatory death, coma, dead donor rule, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, Health Resources and Services Administration, heart death, kidney, Misty Hawkins, Munchkins, New York Times, nonprofits, organ procurement organizations, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients, Pittsburgh Protocol, Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally, ventilator}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, competition, Dame Cecily Saunders, death, Department of Health and Human Services, Dying Well, families, government, health system, hospice, Humanize, living, palliative care, Palliative Medicine Reports, patients, quality, total pain}

As Assisted Suicide Looms, How to Save Hospice

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Often now people approach me after a speech or call in on talk radio to tell me that they do not trust hospice to properly care for their loved ones. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, Alzheimer’s disease, assisted suicide, barbiturates, Bill Clinton, Congress, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, hospice, hospitals, hydration, medical school, medicine, nutrition, Oregon, palliative care, self-starvation, Supreme Court, VSED}

A Trojan Horse for Euthanasia? No

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

9}

When my mother was dying of Alzheimer’s disease and the sharp bodily decline that hits those in their late 90s, my wife and I brought her home for care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, Compassion & Choices, death, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, life, medical aid in dying, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, physicians, Vermont}

Assisted-Suicide Pushers Want Forced MD Participation

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Sometimes they show their true hands. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
October 14, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, controversy, death, Department of Health and Human Services, embryology, fertilization, health, life, medicine, public health, science}

Controversial! HHS to Define Life in Line with Embryology Textbooks

_{Wesley J. Smith
October 14, 2017

Bioethics, Biology, Life Sciences, Medicine

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The Department of Health and Human Services has published a draft strategic plan for 2018-2022. Read More ›