“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 8, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __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

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __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

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

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

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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 31, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __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

3}

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, accountability, addiction, assisted suicide, Center for Disease Control, doctors, medication, opioid epidemic, oversight, pain, patients, physician-assisted suicide, prescription, Reason Magazine, suicide}

Mad World: Pain Doctors Face Greater Scrutiny Than Death Doctors

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 13, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

Our society often sacrifices law-abiding and productive people to protect the dysfunctional from themselves. 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
March 29, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, babies, BBC, Charlie Gard, doctors, futile care, health-care rationing, 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

3}

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

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 31, 2018

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

Medical Coercion Comes to Virginia?

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

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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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 26, 2018

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

Medical Establishment Opposes Conscience Rights

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 26, 2018

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine

2}

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 ›