As a competent adult, you have an absolute right to consent to or refuse medical treatment. The aura of omnipotence with which the medical establishment seeks to surround itself means that many of ...
In August 1992 when I was 55 I had a total hip replacement after I had been having trouble with osteoarthritis off and on for years. ...
One in five hospital outpatients leaves the consultation without understanding what is wrong with him or what his treatment is going to be, according to a survey by the Consumers' Association. ...
At first sight, it may seem obvious that before being expected to agree to what amounts to an invasion of one's body in other fields, a criminal offence that patients should be given the fullest p ...
How all our massive screening efforts for breast cancer can cause the very disease they are intended to detect. ...