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  • 02.08.23

Tag: futile care theory

Wesley J. Smith
May 3, 2019, 11:56 AM

Reproductive MD Association Blesses Useless Interventions

Public confidence in institutions is eroding, including trust in our healthcare system. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine adds gravity to that slide.

Wesley J. Smith
June 12, 2018, 1:55 PM

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.

Wesley J. Smith
May 1, 2018, 11:50 AM

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.

Wesley J. Smith
April 14, 2018, 1:52 AM

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.

Wesley J. Smith
January 31, 2018, 2:03 PM

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.

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