Polio vs COVID-Reflecting on Diminishing Moral Values
The polio vaccine, pioneered by Dr. Jonas Salk in the 1950s, exemplifies a selfless act for the greater good.
Medicine
Wrecking Science Through Consensus
In the age of personalized realities, science has become defined by consensus rather than objective evidence – opinion over reality.
Why Have We Stopped Honoring the Hippocratic Oath?
In a recent article, we asked the question as to whether we were following the Hippocratic Oath. I was discussing this with a friend, when he commented that the key part of the Oath was not what was to be done, but how people were to be treated. Below is a copy of that paragraph: …
My Covid Accounting of the Infection of Hypocrisy in the Hippocratic Oath.
One man’s journey through the Wuhan China virus and our broken, politicized medical system.
Equity, Newspeak and the AMA
Using a fictional vignette, Jim Dillon I shows how the AMA’s guide for “Advancing Health Equity” might shape a physician-patient interview.