PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Michael H Kottow TI - A reply to Professor Seedhouse. AID - 10.1136/jme.25.4.349 DP - 1999 Aug 01 TA - Journal of Medical Ethics PG - 349--350 VI - 25 IP - 4 4099 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/4/349.short 4100 - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/4/349.full SO - J Med Ethics1999 Aug 01; 25 AB - This brief reply gives a few references and clarifies some points in order to emphasize that a number of Professor Seedhouse's assertions are debatable and that his criticism of slovenly scholarship and his unbridled ad hominem argumentation are out of place and easily refuted.