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Tag Archives: Treatment Priorities
In All Seriousness: First Aid
Okay, maybe that last post was a bit flip. The important question about first aid is, what situations are you expecting and what do you plan to do about them? There is something of an inverse curve describing first aid/medical … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinical Practice, Education, First aid, Treatment Priorities
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My Only Title Here Is Mom: From The Other Side
A NICU is a terrible place for a social animal. How are you? Eye contact. A quick look- how is their baby? Going home is a good day. Bad days are unthinkable. In between is a terrible negotiation- your bad … Continue reading
On The Distinction Between Epidemiology And Interventional Studies
Why you might not need a mammogram this year I’m a lazy blogger, so I respond to published articles in major news sources, like this one: If You Feel OK, Maybe You Are OK. Precis form- pre-screening for disease markers, … Continue reading
The Tarot and the Atkins Diet, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Structural Anthropology
The Hole in the Centerpiece When I first learned CPR, the sequence was simple. Two long breaths, followed by fifteen chest compressions, rinse, lather, repeat. The instructor emphasized these numbers- we were even encouraged to count aloud, to ensure that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative medicine, Claude Levi-Strauss, Clinical Practice, Cultural Context, Daniel Moerman, Education, Empathy, Jerome Frank, Medical Anthropology, Placebo/Meaning Effect, Ritual Healing, Role of Religious Counsel, Symbolic Healing, Treatment Priorities
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Medicine in Context 3 : Barefoot Doctors
It is with trepidation that I bring up the barefoot doctors of China. Created as part of the Rural Cooperative Medical System in China during the Cultural Revolution, the “barefoot doctors” were rapidly trained farmers and factory workers who served … Continue reading
Medicine in Context 2: …but does it work?
While I struggle with the upcoming article on Barefoot Doctors, I’ll leave you with a few more clarifying thoughts on the question of what I mean by “context.” I don’t feel I’ve expressed clearly how I mean to connect priorities … Continue reading
Medicine in Context 1: Principles
The practice of medicine is cultural. This is a fact worth remembering. The science that underlies medical diagnosis and treatment, screening, prognosis, and prevention claims a sort of objective universality, and this is clearly its goal, but the actual delivery … Continue reading
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Tagged Clinical Practice, Cultural Context, Health care, Social Medicine, Treatment Priorities
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