Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

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The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) 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."

The group had approximately 4,000 members in 2005.[4] Notable members include Ron Paul and John Cooksey.[5] The executive director is Jane Orient, professor of clinical medicine at the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine.

Positions

Currently, the organization opposes mandatory vaccination,[6] universal health care[7] and government intervention in healthcare.[8] The AAPS has characterized the effects of the Social Security Act of 1965, which established Medicare and Medicaid, as "evil" and "immoral",[9] and encouraged members to avoid participating in Medicare and Medicaid.[10][11] AAPS believes that there is no right to medical care, and opposes efforts to implement a national health plan.[12] The organization also opposes the use of evidence-based medicine and practice guidelines as a usurpation of physician autonomy.[13]

AAPS opposes abortion[14] and over-the-counter access to emergency contraception.[15]

AAPS helped appeal the conviction of Virginia internist William Hurwitz, who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison years for prescribing narcotic drugs in excessive quantities after 16 former patients testified against him.[16] Dr Hurwitz was granted a retrial in 2006 [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]

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "AAPS membership information". AAPS website. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  2. ^ "Portent". TIME magazine. 8 May 1944. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  3. ^ "AAPS Online". AAPS website. Retrieved 2006-01-30.
  4. ^ "Doctors Who Hurt Doctors". TIME magazine. 7 August 2005. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  5. ^ AAPS (October 2002). "Volume 58, No. 10 October 2002". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  6. ^ "AAPS Mandatory Vaccine Factsheet". AAPS website. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  7. ^ "AAPS Petition". AAPS website. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  8. ^ "AAPS Letter Against Healthcare Reform". AAPS website. Retrieved 2007-02-23.
  9. ^ Principles of the AAPS, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10 2007.
  10. ^ Medicare Boycott Urged for Doctors, published August 5 1965 in the New York Times. Accessed March 16 2007.
  11. ^ Notes on Opting Out of Medicare, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10 2007.
  12. ^ RESOLUTION 2001-1: Medical Care Is NOT a Right, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10 2007.
  13. ^ The Standard of Care, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 10 2007.
  14. ^ Resolution passed by the Assembly - Affirming the Sanctity of Human Life, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 12 2007.
  15. ^ Comments re: Docket No. 2005N-0345, RIN 0910-AF72, from the AAPS website. Accessed March 12 2007.
  16. ^ "Why Is The DEA Hounding This Doctor?". TIME magazine. 18 July 2005. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  17. ^ "Pain Doctor William Hurwitz to Get New Trial".
  18. ^ "Doctors Group: Limbaugh Medical Records Seizure Unlawful". NewsMax.com. 22 February 2004. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  19. ^ "Review for Doctors". TIME magazine. 1 December 1975. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  20. ^ Peters, S. (October 2001). "Physicians File Lawsuit To Overturn HIPAA". Internal Medicine News. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  21. ^ Lawrence R. Huntoon (May 9, 2006). "Sham Peer Review: A National Epidemic". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  22. ^ "Medical Sentinel". Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  23. ^ "Major Changes to AAPS Peer-Reviewed Journal". AAPS website. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
  24. ^ "Manuscript information for authors" (PDF). JPandS website. Retrieved 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.

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