Medicine
- Index To Medicine And Social Justice Blog, Year 5, Dec 2012-nov 2013
Primary CareDec 23, 2012: Does AAMC have an answer for the primary care shortage? No.Feb 8, 2013: Creating more family doctors: should we shorten medical school? How?Mar 19, 2013: Can you be "too strong" for family medicine?Jun 2, 2013: Primary Care Contributes...
- "the Public Health And Social Justice Reader"
I'd like to call attention to the publication of the PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE READER, edited by Martin Donohoe, MD, and just published by Jossey-Bass. Those who are not familiar with Dr. Donohoe's remarkable website, Public Health and...
- The 2012 Matthew Freeman Social Justice Awards
In my blog, “Alabama, “illegals”, and hate: We must take back the narrative” on March 11, 2012, I discussed some of the points made by Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC),...
- Komen And Planned Parenthood: The Politics Of Abortion Meet The Politics Of Breast Cancer
As of this posting it appears that Komen has restored its funding for Planned Parenthood. I thought I would run this post anyway. I think it makes some important points. As reported in the New York Times on February 1, 2012, “Cancer group halts financing...
- Guest Post: Medical Schools Are No Place To Train Physicians (part 1 Of 2)
Dr. Josh Freeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas. His research interests include medical education, faculty development and curricular innovation, and health care for underserved populations. This...
Medicine
Index to Medicine and Social Justice: Year 4, 12/2011-11/2012
The Withers Lecture : Justice, Social Justice, Health and Health Care
5/19/12: Part I
5/25/12: Part II
5/29/12: Part III
6/4/12: Part IV
Health Reform/ACA
11/24/12: Health reform, ACA, and Primary Care: Is there still a conundrum?
11/17/12: ACA after the election: Is it is the "fiscal cliff" or the social cliff that matters to people?
9/2/12: Financial Incentives, maybe; corporate profit, no!
7/19/12: The Oregon Lottery: Far from enough, but at least they are doing something
3/4/12: ACA benefit programs: will state to state variation be good or bad?
1/21/12: One thing to NOT worry about: paying for health care -- in France
1/14/12: It’s definitely not about the bike – but is it even about ACOs?
12/2/11: Medicare: A lifeline, not a Ponzi scheme
Health Research and Evidence
9/9/12: Research basic and applied: we need them both
7/4/12: The "Annual Physical": Screening, equity, and evidence
6/21/12: Rationing, Waste, and Useless Interventions
4/22/12: Patient-centered research: answering the questions that matter to people
4/14/12: "Eggs Benedict" and "Choosing Wisely": often the best thing to do is nothing
2/12/12: The high cost of drugs: treating cancer and cholesterol while building profit
1/28/12: "Abandoning ship": is debunking ineffective screening and therapy removing hope or just removing risk?
12/21/11: Avastin®, Plan B®, and Magical Thinking
The Health System and Social Justice
10/27/12: Medicare, falls, families, and risk: "Qualifying" to be in a safe place
10/20/12: Simple treatments: bad doctors or a bad health system?
8/10/12: Medical errors: to err may be human, but we need systems to decrease them
7/26/12: Variations in the cost of medical care: Sense and sensibility
6/28/12: Retail clinics: power to the patient
5/12/12: Specialty Hospitalists: what is best for the patient?
5/5/12: Value-based purchasing: whose values?
2/26/12: Latinos and health care in Kansas City, Kansas
2/18/12: Camden and you: the cost of health care to communities
1/8/12: Cui bono? Is healthcare financing about funding providers or caring for patients?
12/18/12: To improve health the US must spend more on social services
Medical Education
6/16/12: Beyond Flexner: Taking the Social Mission of Medical Schools to the next level
3/24/12: Beyond Flexner Conference on the Social Mission in Medical Education
Primary Care
11/24/12: Health reform, ACA, and Primary Care: Is there still a conundrum?
9/29/12: Primary care, specialty care: what about health?
9/23.12: Social determinants key to the future of Primary Care
8/18/12: The Primary Care Conundrum
8/2/12: Doctor shortage or shortage of the right doctors?
12/10/11: GME funding must be targeted to Primary Care
Providers, values, and health
11/3/12: Health is not a commodity: Let us get the language right
10/13/12: Physician advocacy: for patients and for social change
10/6/12: Abortion and women's health: who truly has a conscience?
8/24/12: Quality and price for everyone: Bigger may be better in some ways, but not all
7/12/12: Multimorbity, primary care, social determinants, and universal insurance: where they all come together
6/10/12: Improving health in poor countries -- and reducing it in the rich
4/7/12: How people die, and how should we?
3/29/12: Reproductive Rights -- and wrongs
3/11/12: Alabama, “illegals”, and hate: We must take back the narrative
2/3/12: Komen and Planned Parenthood: The politics of abortion meet the politics of breast cancer
Other
11/10/12: "The Public Health and Social Justice Reader"
3/17/12: The 2012 Matthew Freeman Social Justice Awards
- Index To Medicine And Social Justice Blog, Year 5, Dec 2012-nov 2013
Primary CareDec 23, 2012: Does AAMC have an answer for the primary care shortage? No.Feb 8, 2013: Creating more family doctors: should we shorten medical school? How?Mar 19, 2013: Can you be "too strong" for family medicine?Jun 2, 2013: Primary Care Contributes...
- "the Public Health And Social Justice Reader"
I'd like to call attention to the publication of the PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE READER, edited by Martin Donohoe, MD, and just published by Jossey-Bass. Those who are not familiar with Dr. Donohoe's remarkable website, Public Health and...
- The 2012 Matthew Freeman Social Justice Awards
In my blog, “Alabama, “illegals”, and hate: We must take back the narrative” on March 11, 2012, I discussed some of the points made by Oscar Chacon, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities (NALACC),...
- Komen And Planned Parenthood: The Politics Of Abortion Meet The Politics Of Breast Cancer
As of this posting it appears that Komen has restored its funding for Planned Parenthood. I thought I would run this post anyway. I think it makes some important points. As reported in the New York Times on February 1, 2012, “Cancer group halts financing...
- Guest Post: Medical Schools Are No Place To Train Physicians (part 1 Of 2)
Dr. Josh Freeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Kansas. His research interests include medical education, faculty development and curricular innovation, and health care for underserved populations. This...