The tragic case of the anguished physician
In his “Nicomachean Ethics,” the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle points out that anger is not always a moral failure. To be sure, it is usually wrong to give in to it, but situations can arise when a good person naturally experiences a sense of moral indignation. The human mission is not always to hold anger
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The tragic case of the anguished physician originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD and James Lynch, MD Tags: Physician Practice Management Source Type: blogs
What is trypophobia? #TriggerWarning
Trypophobia is the name for the phobia (intense and apparently irrational fear) of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes or bumps. The term was coined by a web user back in 2005 on an internet forum. I always assumed its etymology lies in the word tripe and the Greek work for fear, maybe that is what she was thinking of. I find tripe repellant to look at (and eat, come to that).
It’s a weird one though isn’t it…why should anyone be scared of holes or bumps? Well, food full of holes might be rotten, whereas bumps might be present on food or skin because of disease. So, it could be that is the expl...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Psychology Source Type: blogs
A Fusion Breakthrough?
Terence KealeyThe bombs that dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were fission bombs. When isotopes of uranium or plutonium break into smaller particles, energy is released, and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs channeled that energy into an explosion. In a civil nuclear power generator, by contrast, the release of fission energy is controlled, and used to power the electrical grid.The energy from the sun comes from fusion. Under the weight of the sun ’s gravity, and channeled by vast heat, isotopes of hydrogen fuse with each other to create a new, heavier, element called helium. Helium, indeed, was first detected in the sun...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Terence Kealey Source Type: blogs
45 Being Different Quotes to Help You Be Your Own Unique and Wonderful Self
It may often feel easier to just go along with what everyone else are doing. To not stick your neck out. To not be different.
But that can also be a bad spot to be in.
Because it wears you down as you're afraid of what people may think or say if you show your true self.
And it can hold your back in your career or love life because you make yourself into a somewhat boring and uncreative version of yourself. A bit zapped out of energy and joy.
In today’s post I’d like to share the best being different quotes.
To help you break out of your shell. To understand how much being yourself fully can truly help you out.
An...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - December 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Inspirational Quotes Personal Development Source Type: blogs
Has medicine lost its why?
From the halls of ancient Greece to the heights of television screens, the myth that the physician is more god than mortal has stood the test of time. As such, we are held to moral and superhuman standards no matter how tough things get. And thanks to our friend Hippocrates, we are oath-bound in our
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Has medicine lost its why? originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 27, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Bevan Choate, MD Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
6 Examples Of How The Hippocratic Oath Should Be Upgraded
Physicians have been taking the Hippocratic Oath for centuries. Originally written in 400 BC, it is one of the oldest known codes of ethics, attributed to Hippocrates, the ancient Greek philosopher and physician. In the “A Revised Hippocratic Oath for the Era of Digital Health” paper published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research by Brennan Spiegel and Bertalan Mesko (The Medical Futurist), we advocated how we should upgrade the millennia-old principles to reflect the 21st-century realities of medicine.
Amazingly modern for its age and timeless in its core principles, the Oath describes ideals that are timely...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Future of Medicine Healthcare Policy Medical Education hippocratic oath medical oath doctors' oath upgrade modernized hippocratic oath revised hippocatic oath 21st century hippocratic oath Source Type: blogs
What is science?
Sapiens, by Yuval Harari, is subtitled A brief history of humankind, and that ' s exactly what it is. It ' s mostly stuff I already knew in broad strokes, although obviously it has a lot of specific detail and illustrative examples I wasn ' t familiar with. I don ' t agree with everything he says -- for one thing, he seems not to have read the Tanakh, which is a bit surprising, and I do not accept his characterization of liberal humanism -- but it pulls together the major strands and important events of history compellingly and it ' s quite illuminating.Obviously, if you want to get compellingly illuminated, read the book....
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 19, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
As doctors, caring is our poetry
Poiesis is a Greek term that evolved into the word poetry in English. According to Wikipedia, in philosophy, poiesis is “the activity in which a person brings something into being which did not exist before. Etymologically derived from the ancient Greek term which means to make.” The word is used as a suffix, as in
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As doctors, caring is our poetry originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Steven Kamajian, DO Tags: Physician Primary Care Source Type: blogs
How Common Has Private Currency Been?
Lawrence H. WhiteRecently, an investment advisor and Bitcoin proponenttweeted the claim that “[f]or most of human history” the “[s]eparation of money and state was the norm, even if the state stamped their ruler’s face on the coin.” Some strong disagreement (and some strong support) followed the tweet. The mostcategorical criticism asserted: “Money is and always has been a creation of government. ” A somewhat milder challenge asserted that “Private moneys have seldom been main media of exchange.”First, let ’s clarify the object of the discussion. If we define “money” the way that economist...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 16, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Lawrence H. White Source Type: blogs
What's in a name?
People often talk past each other because they are using the same word with different meanings. Also, a common logical fallacy is to ascribe a different meaning to a word than your interlocutor intends. For example, a guy I once knew claimed that the concept of organic food is meaningless because " organic " means " carbon compounds " and all food consists of carbon compounds. He wasn ' t joking, he really believed he had a " gotcha " argument.This Jen Sorenson cartoon sketches some of the confusion about the word " liberal. " First let me get " liberal arts " out of the way. Apparently some people think this me...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 2, 2022 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
The objective most consistent with recent operations is to conquer Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson, with a view to their eventual annexation and Russification. But not only are they some way from achieving that (w ith much of Donetsk still in Ukrainian hands and the Russia position in Kherson highly contested) it would also require an explicit Ukrainian surrender for it to serve as the basis for a declaration of victory. That will not be forthcoming.-----https://www.afr.com/world/europe/how-britain-giggled-its-way-into-crisis-20220710-p5b0giHow Britain giggled its way into crisisBoris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Neurolaw and the Theory of Mind in the Courtroom: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and England
Nikolitsa Koutropoulou (Independent), Neurolaw and the Theory of Mind in the Courtroom: A Comparative Analysis of Greece and England, SSRN (2021): Several times, there have been cases presented in courts, which were characterised as quite complex, so they needed special... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 9, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Countries With Higher Interest Rates Have Higher Inflation
Alan ReynoldsA recent headline exclaimed: “Central Banks Should Raise Rates Sharply or Risk High‐Inflation Era,BIS Warns. ” The Bank for International Settlements is owned by 61 central banks, so they should know better than to equate higher interest rates with lower inflation.Countries with the lowestcentral bank interest rates (below zero) include Switzerland and Japan, according tothe BIS.Those with the highest policy rates include Argentina and Turkey, with rates of 49% and 14% respectively.Should we conclude that Argentina and Turkey are valiantly fighting inflation with high interest rates while Switzerland ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 1, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Alan Reynolds Source Type: blogs
July 2022: Locked
"Can you order this guy some pain medicine?" the nurse asked me. “He looks like he's in agony."He had tipped over while standing on top of a step stool. Now he couldn't straighten his knee. It was unyieldingly bent at 90 degrees, and any attempts to extend it met with resistance.The presentation seemed classic. I had seen this once before; it had to be a bucket handle meniscus tear. We would get a precautionary x-ray, but I was already explaining how a bucket handle tear was analogous to a rug being stuck under a door. I asked him to imagine how hard that makes it to move the door. The same thing was ha...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - July 1, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
“More Weight!”
Clark Neily" More weight! " Those are the famous —though perhaps apocryphal—last words of octogenarian farmer Giles Corey, who in 1692 was accused of being a witch and then pressed to death by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts when he refused to enter a plea to the charge. You might think we ' d have made great progress in the ensuing 330 years when it comes to the government ' s use of coercion against recalcitrant defendants, but you ' d be wrong. Pressure is still the mainspring of American criminal justice —we just don ' t use rocks and gravity to produce it anymore. Instead, we ' ve refined our approach to make ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 13, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Clark Neily Source Type: blogs
