Nearer to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Should Public Health agencies act as "Health Police" rather than as health educators? Look at the editorial in today's NEJM, on New York's passage of banning of trans fat containing cooking oils in food service places. [n engl j med 356;20, May 17, 2007] We currenlty have agencies called "Behavioral Health Agencies" who are policing individual behavior based on their beliefs rather than science. How much further do we have to go before we are live in the Brave New World? Is this just politics in the North East