Misc Links 1/10/11

Gabrielle GiffordsGiffords Shooting: A Tragedy That Spotlights Two Important Issues (Health Beat)
Criticism of right-wing rhetoric will only meet with resistance. Better to focus on mental health and gun control

Tone versus Substance (American Scene)
We should object to Palin saying “death panels” will kill old people, not to her the use of “target” and cross-hairs

Renata Salecl on Modern Misery (Five Books)
In depression everyone has a different individual story that is linked to loss. To regard depression as something universal that can be treated by universal types of drugs is to ignore the cause.

How to Look Younger Without Plastic Surgery (Science Digest)
Hugh Heffner looks older when he surrounds himself with young women

Donate an Organ, Get Out of Jail (Bioethics Forum)
The conditions under which the Mississippi decision to donate was made is hardly conducive to being voluntary, which is a necessary condition by law

The Doctor Might See You Now (Kellogg School of Management) (PDF)
After implementing SCHIP, doctors decreased hours spent with patients by making office visits shorter

Slip-Sliding Away, Down the Ethical Slope (Chronicle)
Cheating on the rise even before students get to college. Many are more concerned with getting caught than with the act itself. Has the emphasis on grades and test scores produced unethical business leaders?

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