Source: The Negotiation Academy Paul Krugman’s advice to Congress when it comes to health care reform: 1) Don’t trust the insurance industry. 2) Don’t trust the insurance industry. In a NY Times editorial, Krugman recalls how conservative Bill Kristol, in 1993, urged Republicans to oppose any significant health care reform. He did, however, advocate simplifying… Read more
Monthly Archives: July 2009
When a doctor's child is ill
Source: TV Guide Towards the end of season one of In Treatment, the HBO series about a therapist’s sessions with his patients, a young woman asks psychotherapist Paul Weston if he ever analyzes his own daughter. “It’s just not a good idea,” he replies. “It’s not possible to treat one’s own children.” “Why?” Sophie, the… Read more
Health Culture Daily Dose #15
In today’s Dose: Health care reform (A public option plan emerges from HELP committee; Arguments for the public option from the Urban Institute; Obama stands Harry & Louise on their heads) Health news (Should Steve Jobs use his celebrity status for pancreatic cancer awareness and funding?) Industrialized agriculture (Labeling organic food: What can you believe?;… Read more
Health Culture Daily Dose #14
In today’s Dose: Health care reform (Kennedy-Dodd committee proposal released) Health news (Is Tylenol (acetaminophen) safe to take every day?) Aging (Doctors lack training in care of the elderly) Pop culture (Michael Jackson and Diprivan (propofol), Jackson’s weight, Jackson’s doctor) Health care reform The Senate health committee proposal on health care has been released. Turns… Read more
The video of Neda Soltan’s death
Even though I’ve been writing about Arash Hejazi (here and here), the doctor seen in the video of Neda Agha-Soltan’s death in Iran, I have to admit I still haven’t seen the video. I realized early on that I didn’t want to watch someone die a tragic and violent death. I didn’t want to see… Read more
The video of Neda Soltan’s death
“I think there can be a pornographic side to it when you are vicariously experiencing another person’s suffering and cruelty,” Davis says. Certainly, there is something prurient in the TV stations airing the video repeatedly, daring us to look away. …
[H]istory is made up of more than decontextualized images. … If we want to make sense of our past, and understand our present, we have to do more than just watch. Read more