This isn’t fair. But we’d be jumping from the frying pan into the fire if we had European-type price controls that stifled innovation by pharmaceutical companies. Sure, we’d enjoy lower prices in the short run, but we would have fewer life-saving drugs in the future. P.S. There’...
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Understanding Oncologists: The Common Themes Behind Survival-based Advertising Oncologists want to see themselves as enabling both patient and drug success. Whether it is through advertising, or public relations, or medical education – it may be imperative to keep them in the picture in order to...
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“My clients who have fair skin will talk about tanning proudly, whereas my darker-skinned clients will tend to avoid getting darker,” she said. There’s a collection of essays edited by Nikki Khanna and published in 2000 called “Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism.”...
Although healthcare providers harbored positive intentions, our analysis revealed three prominent ethical challenges that emerged as interconnected themes: the burden on the healthcare system (Fabi and Taylor2019; Dauvrin et al.2012), the need for transparency and accountability (Dauvrin et al.2012;...
There has been a fair bit of critique about how global investment in mental health and MHPSS is low in relation to overall well-being (Mahomed2020). Well-being is the focus of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, ‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’, and...
Current smoker or someone who has quit within the last 15 years For those who meet these criteria, low-dose CT scans could be a life-saving tool in detecting lung cancer early. These scans are non-invasive, quick and highly effective at identifying lung cancers before symptoms appear, allowin...
Why? It's not fair to them. It's not fair to us as parents either as well.(Peaches, female, age 43) The only thing I would like to add is accountability, work within the community, and empowerment of the community. You should be able to identify one or two gatekeepers, community ...
in supporting people from refugee backgrounds’ health literacy and cultural needs based on their motivation and adaptation. The theme also described the complexities and gaps in these individual providers’ strategies. The strategies included communication and health education, described as subthemes below...