Medical
Doctors Group takes Different Approach
The Association
of American Physicians and Surgeons is a group of medical doctors that
has as a
goal, "preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship
and the practice of private medicine." This group, founded in 1943,
calls itself, "the Delta Force of private medicine".
According to Jane Orient, M.D., executive director of AAPS, "The
AAPS believes in the oath of Hippocrates and that the physician should
work for his patient, not some third party,"
In an interview for the
December 3, 2000 issue of the WorldNetDaily, Dr. Orient went on to
say, "It is interesting that the 'do no harm' clause has been
eliminated from the supposedly updated oaths," Orient noted. "We
are seeing an inversion of medical ethics lately that is based on
population ethics, in which physicians are being indoctrinated to believe
that it is OK to sacrifice the individual to the good of the whole."
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The AAPS takes many
stands that are opposite to traditional medical associations such as
the AMA. Some of these views include:
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Opposition to mandatory
vaccinations
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Support of the principles of the free market in
medical practice
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The belief that the patient-physician relationship
must be protected from all forms of third-party intervention
The AAPS Patient Power newsletter sums up their positions
by explaining to patients why their doctor is a member; "As
a member of AAPS, your physician is one of the elite of the medical
profession--those dedicated to the sanctity of the patient/physician
relationship through the practice of private medicine.
He has agreed to practice the art of medicine under uncompromising
ethical principles: to treat you with the highest respect for your dignity
and to protect your privacy and rights as a patient from intrusion by the
government, insurance companies or HMOs."
The AAPS web site can be viewed at, www.aapsonline.org
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Chiropractors
have always supported the patients right to choose whatever type of
healthcare they desired. For the longest time throughout the history of
chiropractic patients were discouraged from seeing chiropractors by their
medical doctors. It is good to see that a growing group of the
medical profession is now in support of a patients right to choose and
more in support of the patients rights.
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