Like many others, the medical profession has fallen under the domination of those who propound statist ideas. Such professionals are all in favor of more government involvement in society, and disdain our traditions of liberty and voluntarism. To cite some recent examples, the American Medical Association was a strong advocate of the lockdown approach to […]
A Doctor Dissents from Statist Orthodoxy by George Leef Read More »
Pray the gods for healthy minds in healthy bodies and for a stout heart that does not fear death. — Juvenal In two previous articles published in Surgical Neurology International and in HaciendaPublishing.com, I discussed the benefit of longevity with quality of life. In the initial article, I countered the arguments made by various utilitarian
Longevity by living a healthy and active life by Miguel A. Faria, MD Read More »
In its ongoing effort to examine controversial subjects, Surgical Neurology International (SNI) explores a recent paper on limiting life to the age of 75 by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel. Dr. Miguel Faria, an Associate Editor in Chief of SNI, in his Editorial, “Bioethics and why I hope to live beyond age 75 attaining wisdom!: A rebuttal to
Bioethics, aging, and the future of medicine by James I. Ausman, MD, PhD Read More »
After talking with young neurosurgeons and residents around the world, they often ask “How do I know what I read is the truth?” I answered that question in a recent editorial.(1) This month in Surgical Neurology International, Miguel Faria warns of increasing control of medicine by government (politicians and their bureaucrat enforcers) and its consequences
Living in a Chaotic — and Dangerous World! by James I. Ausman, MD, PhD Read More »
Abstract — American bioethicists have been providing persuasive arguments for rationing medical care via the theory of the necessary “rational allocation of nite health care resources.” Anticipating the need for the drastic rationing of medical care in the U.S. with the implementation of ObamaCare and assisted by various sectors of organized medicine in league with
With President Obama and his Democratic partisans in the Senate at loggerheads with the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives, an impasse has arisen of troubling proportions. The House, though, has the constitutional power of the purse, and the funding or defunding of the flawed ObamaCare law, unwanted by the vast majority American people, falls within
Faria: Rationing irrationally in anticipation of ObamaCare Read More »
