The article explores the insidious rise of medical fascism, where healthcare systems become complicit in state repression and violence. It argues that this integration is not sudden but occurs gradually, eroding professional ethics and encouraging involvement in coercive practices. Historical instances of medical complicity, particularly in the U.S., include forced sterilizations and the treatment of dissenters. The recent violence in Gaza highlights ongoing issues, as U.S. medical institutions have largely remained silent amid atrocities, suggesting a troubling continuity of complicity with oppressive systems.
During the last 18 months, the U.S. medical professionâs complicity with cruelty has been highlighted, especially with the recent conflicts affecting healthcare in Gaza.
Medical fascism, a gradual integration of healthcare into autocratic systems, erodes professional ethics and encourages participation in state violence.
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