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Line 1: − + − + − ==Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons==+ − The [http://www.jpands.org/ Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons] (JPandS), until 2003 named the [http://haciendapub.com/issues.html Medical Sentinel] [http://www.aapsonline.org/alerts/journalalert.htm], is the journal of the association. It's 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 are subject to a double-blind peer-review process [http://www.jpands.org/vol10no1/authors.pdf]. + − The journal is not listed in the major journal databases of PubMed[ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pubmed/J_Medline.txt] nor [http://scientific.thomson.com/products/wos/ Web-of-Science]. [[Quackwatch]] lists it among untrustworthy nonrecommended periodicals.<ref>Stephen Barrett, M.D: [http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecperiodical.html Nonrecommended Periodicals]</ref> + − + − − Investigative journalist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Deer Brian Deer] states that the journal "is barely credible as an independent forum for such material. No objective medical scientist with important information of any standard would submit it to such a publication, unless they couldn't get it published anywhere else".[http://briandeer.com/wakefield/private-eye.htm] − − ==References== − <references/>
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The '''Association of American Physicians and Surgeons''' is a conservative association of [[physician]]s, medical professionals and students, patients and others[http://www.aapsonline.org/membership.php] founded in [[1943]].[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,933370,00.html] According to the AAPS's website the organization is ''"dedicated to the highest ethical standards of the [[Hippocratic Oath|Oath of Hippocrates]] and to preserving the sanctity of the patient-physician relationship and the practice of private medicine."''<ref>[http://www.aapsonline.org/ AAPS Online]</ref> The motto of the AAPS is ''omnia pro aegroto'' which means "all for the patient." The group had 4000 members per 2005. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1090918,00.html]
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is the oldest active conservative and libertarian group in the world. Founded in 1943, AAPS is a membership-based physician organization that does not accept funding by corporations or government, thereby ensuring AAPS's independence. It may be the largest physician organization funded virtually entirely by membership dues. Rival organizations, such as the American Medical Association, are funded primarily by revenue from business ventures and payments by pharmaceutical companies.
AAPS helped appeal the conviction of Virginia internist Dr. [[William Hurwitz]], who was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison after 16 former patients testified against him [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1083911-2,00.html]. In 2004, they filed a brief on behalf of [[Rush Limbaugh]][http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/2/21/141518.shtml]. 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.[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913792,00.html]. More recently they have been involved in litigation against [[HIPAA]], arguing that it is violates the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution by allowing government access to certain medical data without having a warrant. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4365/is_200110/ai_n15252165].
For over 60 years AAPS has remained dedicated to the preservation of the ethical practice of private medicine. It adheres to the [[Oath of Hippocrates]]. The motto of AAPS is "omnia pro aegroto," which is Latin for "all for the patient." AAPS has about 4,000 members, including members in every state and virtually every specialty of medicine.
AAPS files more legal briefs on behalf of physicians and their patients than most medical societies combined, and is often successful. In 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sided with AAPS and cited its ''amicus curiae'' brief in the first paragraph of the decision. ''Springer v. Henry'', 435 F.3d 268, 271 (3d Cir. 2006). Later in 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed with an argument advanced by AAPS in its ''amicus curiae'' brief in overturning a highly publicized conviction and 25-year sentence of Dr. William Hurwitz for treating pain in his patients.
In ''Stenberg v. Carhart'', 530 U.S. 914 (2000), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy frequently cited material provided in a submission by AAPS. In ''United States v. Rutgard'', 116 F.3d 1270 (9th Cir. 1997), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lengthy sentence as urged by an ''amicus curiae'' brief submitted by AAPS. In ''Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc.'', 293 F.3d 791 (5th Cir. 2002), the ''en banc'' Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court adopted an argument urged by AAPS in establishing that no one may own the law.
AAPS has also been successful on issues of policy. It reviewed the approval data for Wyeth's rotavirus vaccine and declared it to be unsafe before the FDA ultimately came to the same conclusion and pulled it from the market. AAPS is the only entity to have defeated the FDA twice in litigation, in both cases establishing limits on its power.
[[WHO]] found that a 2003 article published in the journal had "a number of limitations which undermine the conclusions drawn by the authors" [http://www.who.int/vaccine_safety/topics/thiomersal/statement/en/index.html].
More recently, AAPS spoke out against the mandate for the [[HPV vaccine]]. Subsequently the Texas Medical Association and a broad coalition of organizations also opposed this mandate.