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Dr. Michael Egnor on His Own Spiritual Journey

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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As Assisted Suicide Looms, How to Save Hospice

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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Bioethics Becomes Just Another Social-Justice Political Movement

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

That spiritual component of the human soul is what survives when a human body dies. Read More ›
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“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›
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Claim: Only Doctors Can Prevent Global Warming

Science, medical, and bioethics journals are setting themselves up as the new political resistance. Read More ›
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The Machine Model in Medicine

The unfortunate fact is, there really are those two conflicting sides in medicine. Read More ›
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Medicine’s “Sacred Space” — Grossly Violated

When my dad was dying, I saw both sides of the healthcare world, one that fought to save a life and the other that was coldly indifferent, even eager to end it.  Read More ›
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A Quarter of Comatose Patients May Be Aware But Unable to Communicate

“Covertly” means that the patients were not able to respond directly but brain activity showed that they understood what was asked of them. Read More ›
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MDs Support Expanding Assisted Suicide Beyond the Terminally Ill

The myth that legal assisted suicide is about terminal illness is becoming harder to swallow. Evidence can be found in a recent survey. Read More ›

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