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A Survey of Doctors' Books
Doctors Tell All--And It's Bad: A crop of books by disillusioned physicians reveals a corrosive doctor-patient relationship at the heart of our health-care crisis. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/doctors-tell-all- ( Read more... ) -
Black-on-White Crime
If you're tuned into the 24 hour news cycle you hear a lot about violent crime. There's an old saying "if it bleeds, it leads." Drama gets ratings or sells papers. Tune into Good News Network if you want to hear about great things that are happening ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes Dealing With Doctors Is As Bad As The Illness
There has been some discussion in Australia between patients and doctors that resonates with me as a patient in the U.S. with chronic illness. I've been having a particularly frustrating time in the past few years with many (though not all) of my doctors and HMOs. I wasn't even allowed into the chronic pain program at Kaiser because I rely on ( Read more... ) -
Getting Out a Medical Dictionary
MRI Knee Right Without Contrast ( Read more... ) -
With Regard to Rachel Dolezal
Personally I have distant African ancestry and I grew up with an African American uncle and thus spent time in the community. However, I'm quite aware that no matter how much I respect and appreciate black culture, I grew up with white privilege and I have not experienced their struggle. I do not have the right to claim to be black and I know that ( Read more... ) -
I Wish I'd Had A Doctor Like This
When The Doctor Says This Won’t Hurt A Bit - And Incredibly, It’s True
Excerpt:
Five times over the next 40 minutes or so, Krauss came in and re-applied the anesthetic, gently squeezing the site with his thumb and forefinger. Why, I wasn’t sure. Was it a dosing thing? Was he just numbing the wound even more before the scary stitching began? With ( Read more... ) -
Protagonists of Color Grant us Perspective
What Do We Look Like in Your Mind? - Kat Tanaka OkopnikI noticed something alarming one day as I was reading a book with a protagonist who was a black woman. I realized it was much easier to think myself into the mind of a white male protagonist than to remember that my protagonist was a woman of color. I had to keep reminding myself that she wasn' ( Read more... ) -
A few months late
But I should announce the birth of my fourth grandson, Shibli Imad Alsaad! He's named after a prominent Muslim scholar.
He was born December 18th. He is the full brother of Zaman and half-brother of Jonathan and Valente. I haven't been able to see him in person but I've seen videos and I hear him on the phone quite often.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (along with Sally and an alligator)
https://twitter.com/abc7newsBayAr…/status/575773737758253057
Jane said, "Look, there's a big alligator!"
Dick replied, "Eat the rich!"
Sally said, "Run, rich people, run!"
Alligator: "Nom nom."
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Price Gouging Slumlords
A discussion is taking place today on craigslist in one of the highest rent areas of the country. In such areas, slumlords rule. Desperate poor people are powerless to protest the type of units they offer, shacks and closets that are illegal and poorly maintained. There was a news story recently about another Bay Area community where a single ( Read more... )