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Encyclopedia > Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is a politically conservative association of physicians, medical professionals and students, patients and others,[1] founded in 1943.[2] According to the AAPS's website, the organization is "dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the Oath of Hippocrates and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine",[3] and to "supporting the principles of the free market in medical practice."[1] The motto of the AAPS is omnia pro aegroto which means "all for the patient." Conservatism in the United States is a constellation of political ideologies within the United States under the blanket heading of conservative. ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine. ...


The group had approximately 4,000 members in 2005.[4] Notable members include Ron Paul and John Cooksey.[5] Ronald Ernest “Ron” Paul (born 20 August 1935) is an American physician, congressman and presidential candidate from the U.S. state of Texas. ... John Cooksey (born August 20, 1941) is an ophthalmologist from Monroe who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1997-2003. ...

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Positions

A 1966 article in the New York Times described the organization as an "ultra-right-wing... political-economic rather than medical" group, and historically some of its leaders have been members of the John Birch Society.[6] The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... The John Birch Society is an Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support free enterprise. ...


Currently, the organization opposes mandatory vaccination,[7] universal health care[8] and government intervention in healthcare.[9] The AAPS has characterized the effects of the Social Security Act of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid, as "evil" and "immoral",[10] and encouraged members to avoid participating in Medicare and Medicaid.[11][12] AAPS believes that there is no right to medical care, and opposes efforts to implement a national health plan.[13] The organization also opposes the use of evidence-based medicine and practice guidelines as a usurpation of physician autonomy.[14] Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. ... Universal health care is a health care system in which all residents of a geographic or political entity have their health care paid for, regardless of medical condition or financial status. ... The Social Security Act of 1965 established Medicare and Medicaid. ... President Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. ... Medicaid is the US health insurance program for individuals and families with low incomes and resources. ... A right is the power or privilege to which one is justly entitled or a thing to which one has a just claim. ... Evidence-based medicine (EBM) applies the scientific method to medical practice. ... Look up autonomy, autonomous in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...


AAPS opposes abortion[15] and over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.[16] Wikinews has news related to: FDA to move on approval of over-the-counter sale of Plan B birth control Emergency contraception (EC) (also known as Emergency Birth Control (EBC), the morning-after pill, or postcoital contraception) refers to measures that, if taken after sex, may prevent pregnancy. ...


AAPS helped appeal the conviction of Virginia internist William Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after 16 former patients testified against him.[17] In 2004, AAPS filed a brief on behalf of Rush Limbaugh.[18] In 1975, they went to court to block enforcement of a new Social Security amendment that would monitor the treatment given Medicare and Medicaid patients.[19] More recently, they have been involved in litigation against HIPAA, arguing that it is violates the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution by allowing government access to certain medical data without a warrant.[20] In 2006 the group called attention to sham peer review.[21] William E. Hurwitz, M.D., is a Virginia based pain management physician who, in the mid-1990s through the mid-2000s, was aggressively prosecuted and convicted by the United States Government for prescribing pain medication to patients who subsequently redistributed it on the black market, leading to the death by... Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio talk show host. ... Social security primarily refers to a field of social welfare concerned with social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment, families with children and others. ... President Johnson signing the Medicare amendment. ... Medicaid is the US health insurance program for individuals and families with low incomes and resources. ... The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. ... The Bill of Rights in the National Archives Amendment IV (the Fourth amendment) to the United States Constitution is one of the provisions included in the Bill of Rights. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...


Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons

The Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JPandS), until 2003 named the Medical Sentinel,[22][23] is the journal of the association. Its mission statement includes "… a commitment to publishing scholarly articles in defense of the practice of private medicine, the pursuit of integrity in medical research … Political correctness, dogmatism and orthodoxy will be challenged with logical reasoning, valid data and the scientific method." Articles in the journal are subject to a double-blind peer-review process.[24] Peer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a process of subjecting an authors scholarly work or ideas to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the field. ...


Articles published in the journal have argued that the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are unconstitutional,[25] that "humanists" have conspired to replace the "creation religion of Jehovah" with evolution,[26] that HIV does not cause AIDS,[27] and that the "gay male lifestyle" shortens life expectancy by 20 years.[28] A series of articles by pro-life authors also claimed a link between abortion and breast cancer;[29][30] such a link has been rejected by the National Cancer Institute.[31] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for regulating food (humans and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal) and radiation emitting devices (including non-medical devices), biologics, and... It has been suggested that Health Care Financing Administration be merged into this article or section. ... Constitutionality is the status of a law, procedure, or act being in accordance with the laws or guidelines contained in a constitution. ... Humanist may refer to: a scholar or academic in the Humanities a proponent of the group of ethical stances referred to as Humanism a long-running email discussion list on humanities computing in typography, a group of sans-serif typefaces with some calligraphic features, such as Humana, Optima, Frutiger, Johnston... This article is about evolution in biology. ... The AIDS reappraisal movement (or AIDS dissident movement) is a loosely connected group of activists, journalists, scientists, and HIV-positive persons who dispute the scientific consensus that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the cause of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). ... Pro-life is a term representing a variety of perspectives and activist movements in bioethics. ... The controversial abortion-breast cancer (ABC) hypothesis posits a causal relationship between having an induced abortion and a higher risk of developing breast cancer in the future. ... The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is part of the United States Federal governments National Institutes of Health. ...


The journal is not listed in the major literature databases of MEDLINE/PubMed[32] nor the Web of Science.[33] Quackwatch lists JPandS as an untrustworthy, non-recommended periodical.[34] The World Health Organization found that a 2003 article on vaccination published in the journal had "a number of limitations which undermine the conclusions drawn by the authors", although it noted that the matters raised in the paper were of sufficient importance that "WHO and GACVS will continue to keep the issue under careful and ongoing review."[35] It has been suggested that GoPubMed be merged into this article or section. ... Medline is a comprehensive literature database of life sciences and biomedical information. ... Web of Science is an online academic database provided by Thomson Scientific. ... Quackwatch Inc. ... The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ...


References

  1. ^ a b AAPS membership information. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  2. ^ Portent. TIME magazine (8 May 1944). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  3. ^ AAPS Online. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2006-01-30.
  4. ^ Doctors Who Hurt Doctors. TIME magazine (7 August 2005). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  5. ^ AAPS (October 2002). Volume 58, No. 10 October 2002. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  6. ^ New Power in A.M.A.; Milford Owen Rouse, published June 30, 1966 in the New York Times. Accessed March 16, 2007.
  7. ^ AAPS Mandatory Vaccine Factsheet. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  8. ^ AAPS Petition. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  9. ^ AAPS Letter Against Healthcare Reform. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
  10. ^ Principles of the AAPS, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10, 2007.
  11. ^ Medicare Boycott Urged for Doctors, published August 5, 1965 in the New York Times. Accessed March 16, 2007.
  12. ^ Notes on Opting Out of Medicare, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10, 2007.
  13. ^ RESOLUTION 2001-1: Medical Care Is NOT a Right, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10, 2007.
  14. ^ The Standard of Care, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10, 2007.
  15. ^ Resolution passed by the Assembly - Affirming the Sanctity of Human Life, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 12, 2007.
  16. ^ Comments re: Docket No. 2005N-0345, RIN 0910-AF72, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 12, 2007.
  17. ^ Why Is The DEA Hounding This Doctor?. TIME magazine (18 July 2005). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  18. ^ Doctors Group: Limbaugh Medical Records Seizure Unlawful. NewsMax.com (22 February 2004). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  19. ^ Review for Doctors. TIME magazine (1 December 1975). Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  20. ^ Peters, S. (October 2001). Physicians File Lawsuit To Overturn HIPAA. Internal Medicine News. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  21. ^ Lawrence R. Huntoon (May 9, 2006). Sham Peer Review: A National Epidemic. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  22. ^ Medical Sentinel. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  23. ^ Major Changes to AAPS Peer-Reviewed Journal. AAPS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  24. ^ Manuscript information for authors. JPandS website. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  25. ^ The FDA and HCFA (Part II): Unconstitutional Regulatory Agencies, by James A. Albright, MD. Published in Medical Sentinel, 2000;5(6):205-208.
  26. ^ Conspiracy --- Part III, by Curtis W. Caine, MD. Published in Medical Sentinel, 1999;4(6):224.
  27. ^ AIDS - A Heterosexual Epidemic? by Michael Fumento and AIDS - Inventing a Virus? by Peter H. Duesberg, PhD. From Medical Sentinel, Volume 2, No. 3, Summer 1997.
  28. ^ Homosexuality: Some Neglected Considerations, by Nathaniel S. Lehrman, MD. Published in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2005), pp. 80-82.
  29. ^ The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: How Politics Trumped Science and Informed Consent, by Karen Malec. Published in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 2003), pp. 41-45.
  30. ^ Induced Abortion as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer: A Critical Review of Recent Studies Based on Prospective Data, by Joel Brind, Ph.D. Published in Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons, Volume 10, Number 4 (Winter 2005), pp. 105-110.
  31. ^ Abortion, Miscarriage, and Breast Cancer Risk. Fact sheet from the National Cancer Institute. Accessed March 11, 2007.
  32. ^ PubMed database. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  33. ^ Web of Science. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.
  34. ^ Barrett, S., M.D. Nonrecommended Periodicals. Quackwatch. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  35. ^ Position of the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety regarding concerns raised by paper about the safety of thiomersal-containing vaccines. WHO. Retrieved on 2007-02-14.

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External links

  • Association of American Physicians and Surgeons home page
  • Neurodiversity weblog: survey of the AAPS website

 
 

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