Medical Ethics Corner: Presidential Politics

politicsBy: Brent Schillinger, Guest Contributor

Love him or hate him, there’s no denying that Donald Trump has brought presidential politics to a whole new level.  Even the release of his medical records was way beyond routine.  Actually, Trump never provided any medical records.  What he did was release a letter from his personal physician, Harold Bornstein, MD.  This was a rather extravagantly worded letter for a medical document that states, “if elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”  Never mind that if elected Mr. Trump would be 70 years old at the time of his inauguration, making him the oldest person ever elected to the presidency.  And did Dr. Bornstein actually have access to the files on Millard Fillmore and John Quincy Adams?Continue reading