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Author: Wesley J. Smith
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 189355449X
Category: Medical

Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America

When his teenaged son Christopher, brain-damaged in an auto accident, developed a 106-degree fever following weeks of unconsciousness, John Campbell asked the attending physician for help. Download Culture of Death medical books for free.
The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action. The doctor finally relented. With treatment, Christopher's temperature subsided almost immediately. Soon afterwards he regained consciousness and today he is learning to walk again. This story is one of many Wesley J. Smith recounts in his groundbreaking new book, Culture of Death. Smith believes that American medicine Ais changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a st Get Culture of Death our bestseller medical books.

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The doctor refused. Why bother? The boy's life was effectively over. Campbell refused to accept this verdict. He demanded treatment and threatened legal action Smith believes that American medicine Ais changing from a system based on the sanctity of human life into a st

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