By Sherif Emil, M.D.
Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons, April 2011
Click here for an attractive, five-page PDF version of Dr. Sherif Emil’s stirring address delivered at the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine commencement ceremonies on June 5, 2010. He says in part: “Health care should not be a liberal or conservative issue, for disease, disability, and death do not recognize political affiliations. As a socially conservative Christian, my personal belief that health care is a fundamental human right, best guaranteed through single-payer universal health coverage, stems from my faith, and not despite it. My faith calls for personal morality, but also for societal morality — how do we treat the sick among us, the weak among us, the least among us?”