An Abstract from the English Journal of Medical Ethics:
Background and Aims
The prevalence of religious faith among doctors and its relationship with decision-making in end-of-life care is not well documented. The impact of ethnic differences on this is also poorly understood. This study compares ethnicity and religious faith in the medical and general UK populations, and reports on their associations with ethically controversial decisions taken when providing care to dying patients.
Q: What are the facts about the proposed cultural center and mosque near New York’s former World Trade Center?
A: We answer questions we’ve been asked most often by readers about the controversial project.
FULL QUESTION
A clearly divisive issue has been brewing in America as well as the headlines, concerning the creation of a mosque/community center (relatively) near the site of the September 11 tragedy, ground zero. The facts have been obscured by all sides and replaced by emotional scare tactics and slippery-sloping, in argument for and against. I was hoping FactCheck.org would be able to shed light on the issue in an article with particulars, such as the individuals and organizations involved, the actual location, and the truths and lies presented by public figures concerning the case.
Dressing up for your portrait has been a technique and ‘accepted as a norm’ according to a section of England’s National Portrait Gallery, Portraits in Disguise:
“The idea that the portrait isn’t some form of disguise is interesting, after all it is always an interpretation of a presence. There is no guarantee that the sitter is not ‘naturally disguised’ when sitting for a portrait, this being often a peculiar and sometimes difficult experience to submit to.”
“Facial expression is so often a disguise — how many people recall opening a gift in front of the donor and feigning delight when disappointment is the real emotion provoked by the offering?”
We just spotted one of those television ads to discourage texting … in this case, when driving a car. It was a sobering ad as the narration was performed by the parent of a young woman who did not surive the outcome of her multiple actions. Now a respected journal points is currently running an article that presents an example of a text reminder’s lack of effectiveness. We don’t subscribe to the Obstetrics & Gynecology Journal, but the abstract from this randomized controlled trial succinctly states results and conclusions:
It was a busy week for the US Food and Drug Administration. Recalls (voluntary and otherwise) ranged from a male enhancer, frozen mamey pulp, the withdrawal of a low blood pressure drug, the approval of tablets for emergency contraception, and recalling those half billion eggs. And for special programs:
By the way, if you’d like to sign up for FDA alerts and recalls, you can. This week’s action list promises even more egg recalls.
Not long ago I started my Sunday morning like I always do, drinking my husband’s ridiculously delicious coffee and immersing myself in my very good local newspaper, The Morning Call, and the eminently cherishable The New York Times. My daughter once observed the joy with which I opened The Times is ” like chocolate for you, Mom, isn’t it?”
Indeed. And I love almost every section, but, if The New York Times TV commercial asked me, “How many sections are you fluent in?” I would say without hesitation the Weddings and Celebrations page.
A true relation of a most desperate murder, committed upon the body of Sir John Tindall Knight, one of the maisters of the Chancery; who with a pistoll charged with 3. bullets, was slaine going into his chamber within Lincolnes-Inne, the 12. day of November, by one John Barterham Gent: Which Barterham afterwards hanged himselfe in the Kinges-Bench in Southwarke, on Sunday being the 17. day following. London, 1617. Shelfmark STC 24435.
Thomas Fella. A booke of diverse devices: A labouring man sleepeth sweetly, whether it be little or much he eateth, but the abundance of the riche will not suffer him to sleepe, meate maketh men to laughe, and wyne maketh the heart merie, but unto money are all things obedient. Manuscript, ca. 1585-1622. Shelfmark V.a. 311.
The above are illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC
We noticed that National Public Radio listed a segment on MEDcottage as a frequently emailed feature. When we looked up the product (and product it is), this is what we found:
New portable, modular medical home encourages family-managed care as alternative to long-term care facilities