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Tomasz Witkowski Busts More Myths

Tomasz Witkowski has written another book filled with skepticism and critical thinking. Tomasz Witkowski is a Polish psychologist and skeptic (founder of the Polish Skeptics Club) who is well known for pointing out the lack of scientific evidence behind most of what psychologists do. I have reviewed three of his previous books Psychology Gone Wrong: The

Science-Based Medicine Meets Medical Ethics

Aug 4, 2009Harriet A. Hall, MDBook Reviews, Medical devicesautonomy, beneficence, breast cancer, decisions, ethics, euthanasia, justice, kidney sales, medical ethics, non-maleficence, ronald munson, The Woman Who Decided to Die, transplants

There are four main principles in medical ethics: Autonomy Beneficence Non-maleficence Justice Autonomy means the patient has the right to consent to treatment or to reject it. Autonomy has to be balanced against the good of society. What if a patient’s rejection of treatment or quarantine allows an epidemic to spread? Beneficence means we should