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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 2, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, disease, doctors, equity, healing, health insurance, healthcare, Journal of Medical Ethics, medicine, patients, technology, trans identity, transhumanists}

Next: “Digital Twins” as a Matter of “Equity”?

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September 2, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Medicine is no longer just about treating disease, healing injuries, and promoting physical wellness. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 16, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Medicine
Tagged
, Andrew Coyne, Canada, children, culture, death, doctors, euthanasia, faith, garden, life, Ontario, patients, suicide, suicide prevention, The Atlantic}

The Horrors of Canadian Euthanasia

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August 16, 2025

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Medicine

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As journalist Andrew Coyne said, “A society that believes in nothing can offer no argument even against death.” 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?

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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
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 5, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Biology
Medicine
Tagged
, bioethicists, brain, brain death, cardiac arrest, circulation, comatose, consciousness, equality, health care, heart, human life, intention, medicine, memory, New York Times, organ donors, organ-harvesting, organs, patients, trust}

Killing for Organs — Who Could Possibly Object?

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August 5, 2025

Bioethics, Biology, Medicine

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Three doctors promote the idea of “redefining death” to allow patients to be killed for their organs. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, bioethics, choking, death, Department of Health and Human Services, doctors, kidney, New York Times, organ-harvesting, overdose, patients}

Organ-Procurement Goofs Threaten Trust

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August 4, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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The “dead donor rule” is the cement that binds the public’s trust in organ transplant medicine. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
July 25, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Reproductive Science
Tagged
, abortion, assisted suicide, Australia, bioethics, British Columbia, Canada, doctors, euthanasia, Ezekiel Emanuel, health care, Hippocratic Oath, hospice, hospitals, human life, Julian Savulescu, medical conscience, medical school, medicine, nurses, nursing homes, Ontario, patients, transgenderism}

Attacks on Medical Conscience Will Force Doctors to Take Human Life

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July 25, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Reproductive Science

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Destroying conscience will inhibit talented people with particular moral or religious beliefs from entering medical and nursing schools. Read More ›

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Author
Andrew McDiarmid

Date
June 14, 2025

Categories
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, atheism, brain, brain damage, human beings, human soul, ID the Future, intelligent design, medicine, mind, neuroscience, neurosurgeons, patients, podcast, soul, The Immortal Mind}

Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

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June 14, 2025

Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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His personal story, including a profound experience in a hospital chapel during a family crisis, became a turning point that challenged his atheism. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 10, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, assisted suicide, competition, death, Department of Health and Human Services, families, government, hospice, Humanize, palliative care, patients}

As Assisted Suicide Looms, How to Save Hospice

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June 10, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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Often now people approach me after a speech or call in on talk radio to tell me that they do not trust hospice to properly care for their loved ones. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
May 13, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, advocacy, assisted suicide, bioethicists, bioethics, climate change, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), gender ideology, hospitals, medical school, medicine, patients, Paul Ramsey, policy, United Nations, utilitarianism}

Bioethics Becomes Just Another Social-Justice Political Movement

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May 13, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine

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A new study illustrates how bioethics is not (and, indeed, never has been) an area of objective professional expertise. Read More ›

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Date
May 9, 2025

Categories
Botany
Faith & Science
Medicine
Neuroscience & Mind
Tagged
, animals, atheism, brain, C.S. Lewis, Christof Koch, Denyse O'Leary, Dogs, Michael Egnor, mind, neuroanatomy, neuroscience, patients, René Descartes, Sean McDowell, The Immortal Mind, Thomas Aquinas}

The Reality of the Soul: Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor on Sean McDowell’s Show

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May 9, 2025

Botany, Faith & Science, Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind

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That spiritual component of the human soul is what survives when a human body dies. Read More ›