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  • Medical Ethics

    According to an essay in the Annals of Internal Medicine, some surgeons are grossly disrespectful to their female patients while they lay unconscious on the operating table. Groping as well as making unsavory remarks or gestures, were reported in an essay by an anonymous writer who had witnessed them. In an editorial the editors explained…

  • A $149 Million Mansion

    Two figures from The U.S. Census Bureau’s data for 2014 provide a slice of reality: 14.8% of the U.S. population was living in poverty and the median income was $53,700. You may recall median means the point at which one half was living below $53,700, and the other half above. Then there’s the unreal—or what…

  • Shackling and the Humanity of Others

    Can you think of being shackled, handcuffs, waist chains and ankle manacles, while delivering a baby? Anyone who has given birth, indeed anyone with a conscience, would have to feel revulsion at such practice. Yet it is being done—and legally—in 28 states! A law against it was passed in New York State in 2009 but…

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