Forced to Lie About Assisted Suicide

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 31, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

In its advocacy memes, the assisted-suicide movement often lies, prevaricates, spins, word engineers, and obfuscates. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 1, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Alfie Evans, bioethicists, Charlie Gard, doctors, experts, futile care theory, health care, hospital, illness, judges, life support, medicine, parents, patients, technocracy}

Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
May 1, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 14, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, abortion, Alfie Evans, assisted suicide, authoritarianism, Daily Mail, futile care theory, medicine, Michigan, parents, police, Rome, United Kingdom}

This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

4}

The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case. Read More ›

Man check blood pressure monitor and heart rate monitor with digital pressure gauge. Health care and Medical concept

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
April 7, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, __k-review, blood pressure, Darwinian theory, evolution, health, Howard Glicksman, human body, ID the Future, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, life, medicine, physician, podcast, Ray Bohlin}

The Designed Body: Our Irreducibly Complex Blood Pressure Control System

_{Jonathan Witt
April 7, 2018

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

1}

We always hear about friends and family with blood pressure problems. There’s something easy to miss, though. 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
March 22, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Tagged
, __k-review, business, fur, HIV, homeless, lawsuit, medicine, radicalism, restaurants, San Francisco}

San Francisco Bans Fur Sales

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 22, 2018

Bioethics

2}

What happened to consistency? Why not ban leather too? It is animal hide, after all. Read More ›

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Author
Sarah Chaffee

Date
March 15, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, academic freedom, American Medical Association, Baltimore, evidence, evolution, Free Science, Johns Hopkins University, litigation, malpractice, medicine, orthodoxy, patients, physicians}

The Costs of Defensive Science

_{Sarah Chaffee
March 15, 2018

Evolution, Medicine

4}

In our highly litigious society, physicians and other health-care professionals often practice what is known as “defensive medicine.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 11, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, assisted suicide, death, Department of Health and Human Services, euthanasia, Hemlock Society, life, medical aid in dying, medicine, nurses, patients, pharmacists, physicians, Vermont}

Assisted-Suicide Pushers Want Forced MD Participation

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 11, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Sometimes they show their true hands. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
February 25, 2018

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, administrators, assisted suicide, British Columbia, Canada, death, dignity, euthanasia, hospice, killing, London, MAiD, medicine, palliative care, patients}

Canadian Hospice Says No to Euthanasia

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 25, 2018

Bioethics, Medicine

3}

Cecily Saunders, who created the modern hospice movement, stood steadfastly against assisted-suicide legalization. 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 ›