Blinders by Thomas W. Hilgers

Blinders

The Destructive, Downstream Impact of Contraception, Abortion, and IVF

Thomas W. Hilgers

Beaufort Books · Print & ebook · March 18, 2019

Over the last 50 or 60 years, there has appeared a directional shift in the medical and social culture of the United States.

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Who it’s for
Thomas W. Hilgers examines links between medical practice and U.S. cultural change through statistical material.
Themes
Reproductive choices and social change, Medical role in social change, Evidence-based medical inquiry
Genres
Health Policy, Medical Ethics, Public Health

About this book

Over the last 50 or 60 years, there has appeared a directional shift in the medical and social culture of the United States. We see it in the news programs every night, sometimes several times a night. Often there are generic reasons given for these changes such as “poverty and hopelessness.” But could there be other reasons? Could the medical profession be playing an important role in the violence and destructiveness of this cultural shift?

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Has there been any critical self-examination by the medical profession which usually demands evidence-based conclusions to be assessed? Or are there some questions that are too difficult for individuals to investigate, not because it’s impossible to investigate them, but because it can be painful and because the attitudes of a collective group of colleagues may be preventing these questions from being asked? It is as if we have BLINDERS on! This book makes an attempt to address some new questions that have rarely been asked but should be. This book, with a full-color interior, takes an objective look at data that has been produced by mostly government-based statistical gathering systems, some published in peer-reviewed medical journals and even some in news reports.

Medicine and Change

Thomas W. Hilgers examines links between medical practice and U.S. cultural change through statistical material.

Come here for

  • Questions about medicine’s role in U.S. social and cultural change
  • Statistical material from government sources, medical journals, and news reports

Expect

  • Discussion of contraception, abortion, and IVF’s possible downstream effects
  • An examination of questions the medical profession may leave unasked

Where it sits

Health Policy38%
Public Health35%
Medical Ethics26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Child Advocacy Law
  • Health Law
  • Medical Law & Policy
  • Embryology
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  • Medical Ethics
  • Reproductive Medicine & Tech
  • Courts & the Judiciary
  • Political Commentary
Authors
Thomas W. Hilgers
Publisher
Beaufort Books
Published
March 18, 2019
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Reproductive choices and social change · Medical role in social change · Evidence-based medical inquiry
Reading lane
Child Advocacy Law