Tag: elderly people

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
November 16, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, confirmation bias, COVID-19, elderly people, experts, fear, incompetence, lockdown, Michael Egnor, Mind Matters, New York State, nursing homes, officials, pandemic, panic, public health, scientists, skepticism, toilet paper}

Amid Covid, the Deadly Cost of Rule by Experts

_{David Klinghoffer
November 16, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

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Of course it’s the very same assumption at work in the evolution debate, on the part of those who dismiss the suppression of intelligent design dissidents. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 20, 2020

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, borders, China, COVID-19, elderly people, Europe, experts, healthcare, Iran, Italy, Manhattan, mass transit, mortality, New York City, nursing homes, officials, pandemic, patients, Queens, socialism, United States, Venezuela, Wuhan}

The COVID Crisis and Our Healthcare System

_{Michael Egnor
May 20, 2020

Medicine

5}

To my knowledge, not a single person in the U.S. has died of COVID due to lack of capacity of the healthcare system. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 4, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, attorneys, bioethics.net, coronavirus, COVID-19, dementia, elderly people, experts, Hastings Center Report, health care, Hippocratic Oath, Huffington Post, John Hardwig, Journal of Medical Ethics, Julian Savulescu, Oxford University, pandemic, physicians, technocracy, Thaddeus Mason Pope}

The Bioethicist Pandemic

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 4, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

9}

The increasing outsourcing of health-care policy to medical bureaucrats during the COVID-19 crisis illustrates a dangerous temptation. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 20, 2020

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charles Camosy, coronavirus, disabled, discrimination, Down syndrome, elderly people, epidemic, Europe, healthcare, hospitals, Italians, New York Post, New York State, patients, physicians, quality of life, rationing, smoking, triage, utilitarianism}

No to “Quality of Life” Coronavirus Healthcare Rationing

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 20, 2020

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In a world of bioethicists who primarily eschew the sanctity/equality of life ethic, Fordham University’s Charles Camosy is a refreshing ethicist worthy of the title. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 15, 2019

Categories
Medicine
Tagged
, __edited, assisted suicide, Australia, cancer, elderly people, euthanasia, Jack Kevorkian, National Review, Philip Nitschke, Sarco, suicide pills, The Economist}

Media in a Swoon over Death Doctor and His Suicide Machine

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 15, 2019

Medicine

5}

The man is thoroughly reprehensible. No wonder the mainstream media is attracted to him like a magnet to metal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 3, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, __k-review, Alzheimer’s, Compassion and Choices, Death with Dignity, dementia, elderly people, Hemlock Society, hypothermia, suffering, USA Today, voluntary stop eating and drinking}

Another Egregious Form of “Death with Dignity”

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 3, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

4}

My mother died of Alzheimer’s in my home last year. My uncle died of it several years ago. Believe me, I know what Alzheimer’s is like. Read More ›