How academic wizards can be doozie doctors.
Blue Christmas
Is depression commoner over the holidays? Who is more vulnerable? it has a beneficial side. My own experience of Blue Christmas prompts me to explore the why's and wherefores.
You Think All Screening Tests Must Be Good?
Getting medical screening tests must only be a good thing, mustn’t it? It might find some cancer or other condition that would be missed otherwise? [caption id="attachment_2615" align="alignright" width="836"] What The Wags Call "An Acute Remunerative Procedure."[/caption] What this idea doesn’t take account of is that testing can lead to, not only pain, anxiety and…
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Is the AMA Right in Saying Medical Aid in Dying is Incompatible With a Doctor’s Role?
There is currently strident debate in Virginia about legalizing medical aid in dying.* Recently the American Medical Association has reaffirmed it’s code of ethics, saying “physician-assisted suicide is fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.” [caption id="attachment_2611" align="alignnone" width="980"] She Wants to Die With Dignity[/caption] Several states have passed legislation to legalize medical aid…
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