AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Robert Dolehide, M.D. and Chester Danehower, M.D. WHEREAS: there are many social, psychological, and health gains from abstaining from sexual activity outside of marriage; WHEREAS: abstinence is the […]
AAPS General Assembly, September 2006 Submitted by Gil Mileikowsky, M.D. WHEREAS: AAPS supports fair and unbiased peer review in the interest of improving the safety and quality of patient care, and; WHEREAS: the Health Care […]
WHEREAS: the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons supports fair and unbiased peer review in the interest of improving the safety and quality of patient care, and; WHEREAS: the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) […]
WHEREAS: malaria has killed more people than any other infectious disease in history and is still epidemic in tropical countries – infecting 300,000,000 people and killing more than 1,000,000 every year, most of them pregnant […]
WHEREAS: the importance of diet has long been recognized in traditional Western medicine, as shown in the writings of Hippocrates; and WHEREAS: with the advance of modern biochemical science and increasing contemporary sophistication of understanding […]
WHEREAS: the United States offers the world’s medical care but at rapidly increasing cost; and WHEREAS: responsible competition and the dynamics of the free-market encourage innovation and reduce costs; and WHEREAS: the growth of physician-owned […]
WHEREAS: more than 50 million Americans suffer persistent pain; and WHEREAS: the cost of untreated pain from lost workdays and unnecessary hospitalizations is estimated at $100 billion annually; and WHEREAS: appropriate application of current pain […]
WHEREAS: the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons believes in the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship; and WHEREAS: the AAPS Principles of Medical Ethics state that patients should have the freedom to contract with their […]
WHEREAS: hospitals routinely negotiate many rates with different payers such as insurance companies and the government; and WHEREAS: as Medicare and insurance reimbursement rates have plummeted, hospitals have cost-shifted operating expenses to patients who self-pay, […]
WHEREAS: Nino M. Camardese, M.D., has been serving the cause of freedom in medicine for many years; and WHEREAS: Nino M. Camardese, M.D., has been a long-time active member of AAPS; and WHEREAS: Nino M. […]
