To the extent the mission statement reduces emphasis on and effort toward finding and implementing curative therapies for any human suffering or physical inconvenience, such a change is counterproductive and misstates what should be the fundamental mission of all medicine - to end or mitigate human biologic component fail…
To the extent the mission statement reduces emphasis on and effort toward finding and implementing curative therapies for any human suffering or physical inconvenience, such a change is counterproductive and misstates what should be the fundamental mission of all medicine - to end or mitigate human biologic component failures. The notion of "ableism" where the concern is that somehow curing ills and disabilities is harmful to the community of the disabled is ridiculous. First and foremost, the disabled are themselves possessed of agency and can seek or refuse treatment. I add that I believe it is evil to suggest withholding treatment for any malady for which there is therapy available and for which the afflicted wish a cure.
The NIH specifically should reject "ableism" because it implies that available care be withheld because a population of most likely healthy people think they know best what is needed for the afflicted.
My reply to NIH:
To the extent the mission statement reduces emphasis on and effort toward finding and implementing curative therapies for any human suffering or physical inconvenience, such a change is counterproductive and misstates what should be the fundamental mission of all medicine - to end or mitigate human biologic component failures. The notion of "ableism" where the concern is that somehow curing ills and disabilities is harmful to the community of the disabled is ridiculous. First and foremost, the disabled are themselves possessed of agency and can seek or refuse treatment. I add that I believe it is evil to suggest withholding treatment for any malady for which there is therapy available and for which the afflicted wish a cure.
The NIH specifically should reject "ableism" because it implies that available care be withheld because a population of most likely healthy people think they know best what is needed for the afflicted.
I hope you really enter this in their website ( using the link in article). It’s excellent!
I copy/pasted from here to the NIH submission site. If you liked it, I encourage you to do the same.
I did. What you see is copy-paste from my entry there.
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