Health Economics

Addiction, Recovery, And American Health Policy

Stanton Peele | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Health Economics, Breast Cancer, Breast Screening Panel, Breast Cancer Screening, Alcoholism, Addiction & Recovery, Living News
Stanton Peele

America worships personal tales of redemption. If public figures are caught out drunk or on drugs, cheating on their wives, then they quickly head off to Betty Ford or Hazelden. And we forgive them.

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The Epidemic Of 'Medical Child Abuse' And What Can Be Done

Dana Ullman | Posted 10.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Medical Child Abuse, American Academy of Pediatrics, Homeopathic Remedies, Health Economics, Child Abuse, Health, Health Politics, Health Care Reform, Pediatrics, Living, Integrative Medicine, Health Care, Homeopathy, Evidence-Based Medicine, Living News
Dana Ullman

We all know people who have children who have benefited from conventional medical care, but sadly, we all also know people whose children have been harmed by it.

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Long-Term Thinking About Future Health: Seven Trends That Should Concern Us

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Massachusetts Health Reform, Physician Reimbursement, Transhumanism, Primary Care, Climate Change, Futurism, Health, Superbugs, Health Economics, Medicaid, Underutilization, Medicare, Health Reform, Global Warming, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Seven current healthcare trends include doctors leaving the public system, a shortfall in primary care, underutilization of medical treatment, "superbugs," virtual health care, climate change, and radical self-redesign and enhancement.

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The Fix That Fails, And Worse

Deane Waldman | Posted 07.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Health Economics, Systems Thinking, Healthcare, Family, Living News
Deane Waldman

"Fixes that fail" - a delightful, euphonious and depressing phrase. Delightful because it is so useful. Euphonious because of alliteration and scansio...

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