Monthly Archives: July 2013

Once again, my Snow Cone is unevenly flavored, with large regions of unflavored ice, and I am unable to regard it as anything other than a metaphor for unequal wealth distribution. by inamericanproblems “Once again, my Snow Cone is unevenly … Continue reading →

“Health Care Renewal presents a guest post by Dr Howard Brody, John P McGovern Centennial Chair of Family Medicine, Director of the Institute for Medical Humanities at University of Texas – Medical Branch at Galveston, and blogger at Hooked: Ethics, … Continue reading →

“The Great Basin Center for Geothermal Energy in the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering was formed in response to congressional initiatives for accelerated development of renewable energy sources in the western United States. ” http://www.unr.edu/energy/geothermal/

by Andreas Laupacis-July 3, 2013-Healthy Debate “Most of us who have functioned as advisors to government have signed confidentiality agreements, which are similar to those signed by consultants to industry. Many health service researchers who are not directly employed by … Continue reading →

a closing argument…

Free Will Category http://lawneuro.org/blog/category/free-will/

“A Recent Survey on Physician’s Attitudes toward Pharma”-Howard Brody Friday, July 26, 2013 Hooked: Ethics, Medicine, and Pharma “”My line of work,” in this case, is arguing that physicians and their professional societies ought to step up to the demands … Continue reading →

”Already Feeling the Heat”- * Jul 9, 2013 * ModernHealthcare.com * Jaimy Lee * Project: Pew Prescription Project “Starting in August, manufacturers and providers will begin collecting data about so-called “transfers of value” that they make to physicians and teaching … Continue reading →

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Critical Psychiatry Friday, July 26, 2013-Duncan Double “This is to be welcomed as mainstream psychiatry has tended to marginalise critique (eg. see previous post). True, Lieberman does tend to dismiss questioning of the integrity of psychiatry as Cartesian anti-psychiatry. He … Continue reading →