Tag: futile care

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Author
John G. West

Date
May 18, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, addiction, Bible, compassion, COVID-19, dehumanization, doctors, emergency room, futile care, Greeks, human life, Human Zoos, medicine, MRI, nurses, police, Romans, Social Darwinism, Texas, Tufts University, Vaccines, Virginia, Wesley Smith}

When Medical Science Becomes Heartless: The Case of Joshua Smith

_{John G. West
May 18, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

14}

This might be a good time to take stock of those you rely on for your medical care. How much do you know about your doctors? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 19, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, autonomy, futile care, Texas}

Medical Authoritarianism Versus Baby Tinslee

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 19, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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If it were up to the doctors, Tinslee Lewis would have been in her grave before age one. 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

4}

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

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 22, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Discovery Institute, doctors, Evolution News, futile care, laws, medicine, patients, Texas, values, Wesley Smith}

Before Texas Senate Committee, Smith Testifies on Medical Coercion Law, “Worst in the U.S.”

_{David Klinghoffer
April 22, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

1}

Thank you to Wesley J. Smith for fighting what’s often a very lonely fight against the increasingly dehumanizing tendency in contemporary medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
December 6, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, antibiotic resistance, consciousness, doctors, euthanasia, family, futile care, Las Vegas, life support, nurse practitioner, organ donation, patients, public policy, quality of life, viruses}

Why Families Should Decide When to “Pull Plugs”

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 6, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

When Frank saw signs of life, doctors would dismiss his observation as a “reflex.” How often I have heard that over 25 years of anti-euthanasia advocacy! 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

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
February 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, authoritarianism, BBC, Charlie Gard, coercion, diagnosis, food, futile care, hospital, Italy, medicine, Rome, United Kingdom, water}

In the U.K., Another Shut-Off-the-Baby’s-Life-Support Case

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 22, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Forcing this baby to die when there is no diagnosis would be an act of naked medical authoritarianism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 5, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Charlie Gard, futile care, sanctity of life, socialism, United Kingdom, utilitarianism}

Charlie Gard Has Happened Here Too

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 5, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Some have commented on the case as if that is a product of the U.K.’s socialized medical system. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 16, 2016

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __tedited, bioethics, consent, futile care, Health & Wellness, medical ethics, medical futility, patients}

American Medical Association Playing “Hide the Ball” with Futile Care Rule?

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 16, 2016

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

"Futile care" is ad hoc health care rationing. Read More ›