Tag: medical treatment

3d render of abstract face in digital cyberspace with a lot of particles around. Technology concept of facial recognition.

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 3, 2026

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Barcelona, bioethics, breathing, commodification, dead donor rule, donation, donor, eating, euthanasia, face, face transplant, heebie-jeebies, Maria José Abadías, medical treatment, medicine, neurovascular microsurgery, patients, Spain, suicide, suicide prevention, surgery, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital}

In Spain, a Transplant Case Gives Heebie-Jeebies

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 3, 2026

Bioethics, Medicine

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Euthanasia conjoined with organ harvesting just took a particularly disturbing turn, when a woman was euthanized and had part of her face transplanted. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 11, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, Alzheimer’s disease, Arthur Caplan, bioethics, chemotherapy, competency, dehydration, dementia, food, liquids, medical treatment, medicine, nurse, nursing, nutrients, patients, starvation, surgery, Terri Schiavo}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients?

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough. This is too much to ask”? Read More ›

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Author
Michael Egnor

Date
May 7, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, abstract thought, alcohol, Alzheimer’s disease, Aristotle, behaviors, brain, brain activity, emotions, epilepsy, medical treatment, mind, muscles, neurons, neuroscience, odors, stroke, Thomas Aquinas, Wilder Penfield}

What Epilepsy Can Teach About the Mind

_{Michael Egnor
May 7, 2025

Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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I have treated thousands of patients with epilepsy. Seizures can result in a variety of behaviors and emotions. But let me tell you what they don't do. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 16, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, antibiotic resistance, Barack Obama, dehydration, Florida, George W. Bush, ideology, infection, Joe Biden, medical treatment, Michael Schiavo, starvation, Terri Schiavo, U.S. Senate}

Historical Revisionism in the Terri Schiavo Case

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 16, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

The case tore this country apart, and alas, proved a significant accelerant to the spread of the culture of death in America. But it was not a matter of left versus right. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 6, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, assisted suicide, British Columbia, dehydration, depression, doctors, euthanasia, homicide, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, palliative care, Politico, PTSD, self-starvation, Twitter, VSED}

Why VSED Is Indeed Abetted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 6, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

On June 4, news outlets around the world reported that Dutch doctors euthanized a 17-year-old rape victim who suffered from severe PTSD, depression, and anorexia. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 5, 2019

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __cedited, abandonment, adulthood, assisted suicide, depression, doctors, euthanasia, lethal injection, medical treatment, Netherlands, parents, rape, The Guardian, Washington Post}

Abandoned: Teen Dies after Requesting Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 5, 2019

Bioethics, Medicine

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This is where all assisted suicide and euthanasia legalization laws eventually lead. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 30, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, babies, Belgium, Canada, children, disability, euthanasia, infanticide, medical treatment, Netherlands, pets, terminal illness}

Remember When Euthanasia Was About “Choice” for Adults?

_{Wesley J. Smith
July 30, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

2}

If killing is a “medical treatment,” how can it be denied to anyone based on age or competency? Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 26, 2017

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, consciousness, death, hydration, life, medical treatment, nutrition, Terri Schiavo, The Guardian}

Persistently Unconscious Patient Awakened

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 26, 2017

Bioethics, Medicine

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What if scientists found a way to awaken such patients? That may be on the way. Read More ›