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patient care

woman on ventilator
Ventilator monitor and african american female patient in hospital bed with oxygen ventilator
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 22, 2022
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COVID-19
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Hospital Loses ‘Futile Care’ Attempt to Force Covid Patient Off Life Support

Wesley J. Smith
January 22, 2022
“Futile care” is a pronounced threat to patient autonomy and the equality of all human life. This is the idea. When doctors think that the quality of a patient’s life is not worth living — but the patient, family, or surrogate want care to continue — doctors can overrule patients and terminate wanted life-sustaining treatment. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
October 21, 2021
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COVID-19
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Texas Welcomes Unvaccinated Organ-Transplant Patients Refused Care in Colorado

Wesley J. Smith
October 21, 2021
How bizarre has the vaccine controversy become? Colorado hospitals are refusing organ transplants to COVID unvaccinated patients because if they catch the disease, they would have a 30 percent chance of dying due to weakened immune systems caused by the anti-rejection drugs recipients must take. Read More ›
Streptococcus pyogenes
CRISPR-CAS9 gene editing complex from Streptococcus pyogenes.
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 21, 2021
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Patient Care
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Bioethicist: Let Doctors Kill the Healthy by Harvesting Organs

Wesley J. Smith
August 21, 2021
We have entered the era of what I call “do harm medicine,” in which the concept of what constitutes harming the patient has become entirely malleable and subjective. I even wrote a book covering that subject. Read More ›
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Wesley J. Smith
Date
January 16, 2021
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Abortion, Patient Care
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HHS Rule Would Have Prohibited Discrimination Against Babies with Disabilities

Wesley J. Smith
January 16, 2021
Working until the last minute, the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services has published a proposed rule that would protect babies born prematurely from death — including those who survive abortion — and disabled people generally from discrimination in the health-care context. Read More ›
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