Tag: futile care theory
Bioethicists to the People: “Obey Us!”
Udo Schuklenk is furious at the public backlash against the forced removal of life support from Alfie Evans in the U.K.
Alfie Evans, a Victim of Technocracy
This was about raw power. If Alfie had escaped the diktat, there would soon be others demanding their freedom too.
This Is What Medical Authoritarianism Looks Like
The Alfie Evans saga continues to roil the U.K., and it is increasingly looking like the Terri Schiavo case.
Medical Coercion Comes to Virginia?
Futile care theory (as I call it) or medical futility allows doctors to unilaterally refuse wanted life-sustaining treatment based on the physician’s values.