Syringe_with_needle_(2) Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date September 6, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsEthicsMedicine Tagged , assisted suicide, Australia, children, death, doctors, euthanasia, Germany, killing, medical futility, medicine, Philip Nitschke, suicide, Thaddeus Mason Pope Here Comes “Non-Medical” Assisted Suicide Wesley J. Smith September 6, 2024 Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine 4 Certain strains of the euthanasia-advocacy movement believe doctors don’t need to be involved when someone wants to die. Read More ›
futile care Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date January 31, 2018 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine 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 ›
Charlie Gard case Type post Author Michael Egnor Date July 3, 2017 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine Tagged , __k-review, Charlie Gard, Christianity, England, medical ethics, medical futility, National Health Service, quality of life, right to life With the Charlie Gard Case, Culture of Death Tightens Its Grip in England Michael Egnor July 3, 2017 Bioethics, Medicine 5 The child was born with a mitochondrial disorder that causes brain damage and eventually death. Read More ›
Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date July 16, 2016 CategoriesBioethicsMedicine 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 ›
