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After World War II, the U.S. government invested an enormous amount of money in medicine; medical research, medical procedures and medical technologies. This investment made contemporary scientific medicine into American medicine, characterized by a continuing flow of new treatment possibilities. These advances raised all kinds of ethical questions. Some were personal and individual, others were social and political. Both type questions are addressed by a new academic discipline called bioethics. The first attempt to develop a scientific medicine took place in Greece in the 5th century B.C. It was called Hippocratic medicine. Closely linked with this first scientific medicine was...

Austin, TX (LifeNews.com) -- A bill the Texas legislature that would have helped patients and their families left out in the cold by medical facilities died this legislative session. However, lawmakers, pro-life groups and disability rights advocates are still keeping tabs on the futile care situation where hospitals and quit treating patients after 10 days. The Texas House defeated the futile care bill and measures limiting abortions last week as it wound down its session. The futile care measure would have increased the 10-day window to 21 days under which families could find a new medical facility to treat a...