The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons – AAPS – is a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country.
Since 1943, AAPS has been dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine.
Our motto, “omnia pro aegroto” means “all for the patient.”
Mailing Address: AAPS | 1601 N. Tucson Blvd. #9 | Tucson, AZ 85716
Phone: 1-800-635-1196
Fax: 1-520-325-4230 or 1-520-326-3529
Email: aaps@aapsonline.org
Media Contact: Jane Orient, MD | (520) 323-3110 | jorient@mindspring.com
To serve the state? Or to serve our patients?
That is the question we will increasingly face as government forces its power into every nook and cranny of our professional lives.
Kevmo wrote: “The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons – AAPS – is a non-partisan professional association of physicians in all types of practices and specialties across the country.”
AAPS is anything but a ‘non-partisan’ professional association. Some of the misinformation published by this group includes:
The association’s Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JP&S) was previously named the Medical Sentinel from 1996 to 2003. It is not listed in academic literature databases such as MEDLINE, PubMed, or the Web of Science. The quality and scientific validity of articles published in the journal have been criticized by medical experts, and some of the viewpoints advocated by AAPS are rejected by other scientists and medical groups. The U.S. National Library of Medicine declined repeated requests from AAPS to index the journal, citing unspecified concerns.
As of September 2016, JP&S was listed on Beall’s List of potential or probable predatory open-access journals.[78] Quackwatch lists JP&S as an untrustworthy, non-recommended periodical. An editorial in Chemical & Engineering News described the journal as a “purveyor of utter nonsense.” Investigative journalist Brian Deer wrote that the journal is the “house magazine of a right-wing American fringe group [AAPS]” and “is barely credible as an independent forum.” Writing in The Guardian, science columnist Ben Goldacre described the journal as the “in-house magazine of a rightwing US pressure group well known for polemics on homosexuality, abortion and vaccines.”
Publishing of scientifically discredited claims
Articles and commentaries published in the journal have argued a number of scientifically discredited claims, including:
That human activity has not contributed to climate change, and that global warming will be beneficial and thus is not a cause for concern.
That HIV does not cause AIDS.
That the “gay male lifestyle” shortens life expectancy by 8 to 20 years.
That there is a link between abortion and the risk of breast cancer.
That there are possible links between autism and vaccinations.
That government efforts to encourage smoking cessation and emphasize the addictive nature of nicotine are misguided.
A series of articles by anti-abortion authors published in the journal argued for a link between abortion and breast cancer. Such a link has been rejected by the scientific community, including the U.S. National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and the World Health Organization, among other major medical bodies.
A 2003 paper published in the journal, claiming that vaccination was harmful, was criticized for poor methodology, lack of scientific rigor, and outright errors, according to the World Health Organization[94] and the American Academy of Pediatrics.[95] A National Public Radio piece mentioned inaccurate information published in the journal and said: “The journal itself is not considered a leading publication, as it’s put out by an advocacy group that opposes most government involvement in medical care.”
The journal has also published articles advocating politically and socially conservative policy positions, including:
That the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are unconstitutional;
That “humanists” have conspired to replace the “creation religion of Jehovah” with evolution;
That “anchor babies” are valuable to undocumented immigrants, particularly if the babies are disabled.[77]
The organization published on its website an article claiming that Obama hypnotized audiences with his speeches (see above).
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