Category: Medicine
“Zero Suicide” Project Forgets about Assisted Suicide
It rarely fails. I see a news story lauding a suicide-prevention program. But then I check it out.
Neuroscientist Michael Egnor, the Philosophical Physician, on Science and the Soul
Try to read his essay through to the end without getting chills.
A Win for Medical Conscience
Powerful forces want to compel doctors to violate their consciences in their professional lives.
How Contemporary Society Promotes Elder Suicide
Two UCSF medical professors warn about increasing “rational” elder suicides.
We Need the Grim Good of Animal Research
Scientists researching gene therapy as a potential future therapy have succeeded in restoring feeling to paralyzed rats.