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Oxymorons: The Myth of a U.S. Health Care System J.D. Kleinke See book keywords and concepts

I am an outspoken believer in civil liberties and unfettered marketplaces, a wholly consistent political philosophy that confounds pollsters because it does not cleave to the chocolate versus vanilla of American electoral politics. I express my political views freely at health care conferences in expensive hotels and resorts around the country. Between appearing at these conferences and running a health care software company, I travel almost constantly.

The AIDS War: Propaganda, Profiteering and Genocide from the Medical-Industrial Complex John Lauritsen See book keywords and concepts

JL: Now we have the testing phenomenon, where it appears that people, perhaps in the near future, will face denial of freedom, loss of civil liberties, on the basis of a test for antibodies which is not even accurate. If someone's future were jeopardized — occupation, marriage, or some other way — by being positive in the antibody test, could such a person demand to be tested for the virus itself? PD: To test for the virus itself is much harder. You could activate the latent virus in vitro. That's what they do.

The Practical Encyclopedia of Natural Healing Mark Bricklin See book keywords and concepts

But the Germans aren't changing things just to give people more civil liberties. The idea, says Professor Schulenberg, is to teach the patient to see his health as a complicated interrelationship of various factors, running the gamut from his heredity to his eating and drinking habits and even to the way he behaves at work and at home. At Bad Nauheim (we would call it Nauheim Baths), a well-known German spa, the preventive approach to health has already begun.

Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing John Robbins See book keywords and concepts

For liberals, the issue is often seen as a matter of civil liberties and consumers' rights. For conservatives, the issue is individual freedom and the creation of a more open medical marketplace with greater competition between health and medical professionals. In the summer of 1995, Senator Thomas A. Daschle and Con-gressperson Peter DeFazio introduced the Access to Medical Treatment Act to the U.S. Congress (S 1035/HR 2019).

Do We Still Need Doctors?: A Physician's Personal Account of Practicing Medicine Today John D. Lantos, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

This was a triumph for patient autonomy, for feminism, for children's rights, a culmination of twenty-five years of work in health law, civil liberties, and bioethics. But it felt as if we had betrayed everything that medicine stands for and had become zealots in a cause that looked less like moral excellence and more like political dogma. Unlike many stories, this one had a happy ending. The girl returned a few days after the family conference saying she'd changed her mind and wanted treatment. She signed the consent form without reading it. What had changed?

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

In the United States, the Bill of Rights guarantees a variety of civil liberties, most notably freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, expressed in the First Amendment. (See civil rights.) civil rights A broad range of privileges and rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and subsequent amendments and laws that guarantee fundamental freedoms to all individuals.

Hemp Today Ed Rosenthal See book keywords and concepts

The most practical policy is thus likely to be the one most consistent with principles of personal freedom and civil liberties, namely to let Americans grow their own cannabis at home, just as they might grow tomatoes, apples or grapes or brew beer or wine. The inducements to home cultivation should not be exaggerated: in Alaska, where it was the one legal way to get marijuana before 1991, pot continued to be sold illicitly at prices around $250 an ounce, proof that many pot smokers are quite disinclined to grow on their own.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

McCarthy in the 1950s as a threat to civil liberties. Murrow also created a show that first brought television cameras into the homes of celebrities for interviews. My Lai massacre (mee leye) A mass killing of helpless inhabitants of a village in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, carried out in 1968 by United States troops under the command of Lieutenant William Calley. Calley was court-martialed and sentenced to life imprisonment, but he only served a few years before parole. The massacre, horrible in itself, became a symbol for those opposed to the war in Vietnam.

In the United States, the Bill of Rights guarantees a variety of civil liberties, most notably freedom of assembly, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of speech, expressed in the First Amendment. (See civil rights.) civil rights A broad range of privileges and rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and subsequent amendments and laws that guarantee fundamental freedoms to all individuals.

Black was a strong defender of the civil liberties of the individual against intrusion by the state. Black Muslims A radical movement for Black power that reached a peak of influence in the United States during the 1960s, under the leadership of Malcolm X. Members rejected Christianity as a religion of white people and embraced Islam. Like many other Black Muslims who took new names, the boxer Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali to join the movement. Black Panthers A militant Black Power organization founded in the 1960s by Huey Newton and others.

When Healing Becomes A Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies Kenny Ausubel See book keywords and concepts

Gwen Scott, the New Zealand breast cancer survivor given up on by her doctors, is unshakable about her medical civil liberties. "I actually do have that right. Whether it's the law, whether it's illegal or not, is unimportant. I go by more universal law than man's law. I do have a right as a patient, and if other people don't think I have, well, it's their problem, not mine." Scott confronted her doctors about their own attitudes toward her medical freedom. "I said [to my oncologist], 'But you told me that you supported me.' He said yes. And I said, 'But you don't approve.

The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

The term encompasses largely the same rights called civil liberties or civil rights, but often suggests rights that have not been recognized. Political leaders in the United States often use the expression when speaking of rights violated by other nations. hydrogen bomb A nuclear weapon with enormous explosive power, fueled by nuclear fusion, in which atoms of hydrogen combine to form atoms of helium. ICBM See intercontinental ballistic missile. ideology A system of beliefs or theories, usually political, held by an individual or a group.

Black was a strong defender of the civil liberties of the individual against intrusion by the state. Black Muslims A radical movement for Black Power that reached a peak of influence in the United States during the 1960s, under the leadership of Malcolm X. Members rejected Christianity as a religion of white people and embraced Islam. Like many other Black Muslims who took new names, the boxer Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali to join the movement. Black Power A movement that grew out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

Diseasing of America: Addiction Treatment Out of Control Stanton Peele See book keywords and concepts

With all objections on the grounds of constitutional civil liberties overcome, the issue becomes purely one of perfecting the technology. It could be said that we have already lost the war on drugs when so many believe that Americans simply cannot be expected to make sensible decisions about what they put in their bodies. In terms of this vision, self-regulation has proved impossible for Americans, who must now be treated or threatened out of their personal preferences for using drugs or alcohol.

20 Years of Censored News Carl Jensen See book keywords and concepts

And it ignored Orwell's warnings for the future of our society as reported in alternative press articles about governmental disinformation and threats to our civil liberties. According to the Associated Press, the top ten news stories of the year were: 1. The Reagan landslide 2. The gas leak in Bhopal 3. Geraldine Ferraro nomination 4. Indira Gandhi assassination 5. Bombing of U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut 6. Ethiopian famine and African drought 7. Summer Olympics in Los Angeles 8. Heart transplants in "Baby Fae" and William Schroeder 9. U.S.

It reminded civil liberties supporters of the anti-terrorist proposals by Ronald Reagan in 1984. In August 1996, in the wake of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing and the TWA Flight 800 explosion off New York, efforts were made to further strengthen the bill by adding provisions, supported by Clinton, to add taggants to gun powder and to significantly increase the FBI's wiretapping authority. Both provisions were killed by the House Republican leadership as Congress was rushing to adjourn (New York Times Service, 8/12/96). 3.

The story might have ended there if it had not been for the Institute for Southern Studies, a private, nonprofit organization that monitors reports of civil liberties violations.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know James Trefil, Joseph F. Kett, and E. D. Hirsch See book keywords and concepts

The term encompasses largely the same rights called civil liberties or civil rights, but often suggests rights that have not been recognized. Political leaders in the United States often use the expression when speaking of rights violated by other nations. hydrogen bomb A nuclear weapon with enormous explosive power, fueled by nuclear fusion, in which atoms of hydrogen combine to form atoms of helium. ICBM See intercontinental ballistic missile. ideology (eye-dee-ol-uh-jee, id-ee-ol-uh-jee) A system of beliefs or theories, usually political, held by an individual or a group.

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