Hippocratic Out

Campus Report ^ | October 16, 2009 | Sarah Carlsruh

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Hippocratic Out

Sarah Carlsruh, October 16, 2009

While he did not equate the current ethics of modern medicine to that of Nazi Germany, at a recent forum, an M.D. did imply that there is an “amoral component” headed in that direction.

“One of the first acts of the Nazi government was to legalize voluntary euthanasia,” stated Dr. John Patrick. Reuters reported on September 21st that “assisted suicide is legal in Switzerland and physician-assisted suicide—where a doctor prescribes a lethal dose the patient may choose to drink—is legal in the State of Washington, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Oregon.”

BBC News reported on September 23rd that “Proponents of assisted suicide believe support for legalization is growing among lawmakers and the public around the world,” and that every year in the Netherlands, “about 2,300 people opt to die by assisted suicide.” “Everybody wants a doctor with moral integrity,” Dr. John Patrick declared at a recent lecture on the Hippocratic Oath. Dr. Patrick spoke on October 8th at the Family Research Council (FRC) along with Chuck Donovan on the topic, “The Rejection and Rebirth of the Hippocratic Oath: Restoring the Oath to Influence Medical Practices, Hospitals, Family Care and Community Ethics.”

Dr. John Patrick is a retired Associate Professor in Clinical Nutrition at the University of Ottowa; he now lectures throughout the world on integrating science and faith....

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