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Is There a Doctor in the House?

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  Is There a Doctor in the House? Queering the medical ethics of pregnancy to problematize a desire for “normal fetal outcomes” is an abandonment of evidence-based medicine and the principle of “do no harm.” JENNIFER LAHL MA, BSN, RN   AND   KALLIE FELL, MS, BSN, RN About the Authors Jennifer Lahl (MA, BSN, RN) is President and Kallie Fell (MS, BSN, RN) is the Executive Director at  The Center for Bioethics and Culture . They have produced several important documentaries that can be viewed for free on the Center’s  YouTube channel . Follow them on Twitter:  @JenniferLahl  and  @Kal_Fell . In recent years, a striking paradigm shift in medical ethics has emerged, driven by progressive political ideologies purporting to champion “Social Justice.” This shift has precipitated a surge in initiatives centered around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The resulting effects have varied considerably; they include the introduction of explicit  racial bias  in treatment protocols in a quest f

Pandemic Memoir of Paramedic Harry Fisher

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  Pandemic Memoir of Paramedic Harry Fisher True Grit Veteran Tells America What he Witnessed after COVID-19 Vaccines Rolled Out PETER MCCULLOUGH, MD Over the course of the pandemic I have been honored to meet many individuals who went above and beyond to help others during crisis. I want to dedicate this issue of Courageous Discourse to the memoir of Oklahoma Paramedic Harry Fisher. He recently appeared on America Out Loud Talk Radio, the  McCullough Report . These are Fisher’s words. “My name is Harry Fisher, I am a national registered Paramedic and I’ve been an EMT since 1997. I’ve been in two branches of the US military, Army and Airforce, both as a medic.  Paramedic Harry Fisher, NRP After honorably discharging from the military I’ve been working as a street medic on an ambulance, and working everything from the ER to the ICU.  During the heart of COVID 19 I was working in Oklahoma City for a prominent fast passed 911 (emergency) service. Which is were I developed further understa