March for Science Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date April 26, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , abortion, anti-racism, assisted suicide, bioethicists, disability, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), embryonic stem cells, equity, experts, Gaza, gender, gobbledygook, Hastings Center Report, health, human cloning, lawyers, medical conscience, philosophers, pro-life, progressive ideology, race, Roman Catholic, Second Amendment, sexuality, technocracy, woke ideology Bioethicists Want to Rule the World! Wesley J. Smith April 26, 2024 Bioethics, Medicine 4 It seems to me that the best approach to the policy opinions of mainstream bioethicists is to consider the source, shrug, and carry on. Read More ›
bioethicists-2 Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date May 4, 2020 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine 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 ›
elderly Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 23, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, aging, Alzheimer’s, cancer, death, disease, duty to die, elderly, Ezekiel Emanuel, Hastings Center Report, health, health insurance, John Hardwig, life, medical care, medicine, rationing, University of Illinois, utilitarianism A “Healthspan” Duty to Die for the Elderly? Wesley J. Smith September 23, 2018 Bioethics, Medicine 3 University of Illinois professor S. Jay Olshansky argues that it is time to shift medicine’s focus — starting at age 65 — away from “life extension.” Read More ›
