MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'fairness'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:20:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174616&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fweaknesses-of-the-current-malpractice-system%2F2011.08.28 Medical malpractice reform is in the news again. Of course, for the medical profession, the medical malpractice system is the wound that simply will not heal. For the plaintiffs bar, in contrast, the medical liability system is the gift that keeps on giving. I have argued that the current system fails on four important fronts. Efficiency Cost Fairness Quality Improvement I admit readily that my profession has not been as diligent as it should be in holding ourselves accountable. We have not been forthright in admitting our medical errors, although can you blame us under the current medical liability construct? (more…) *This blog post was originally published at MD Whistleblower* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174616 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:30:00 +0100 5174616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399619&cid=t_121294_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F23827562%2F0%2Fneuromarketing%7EIt-Really-DOES-Pay-to-Schmooze.htm One of my all-time favorite TV commercials is the classic 1990 United Airlines spot that shows a manager distributing plane tickets to the sales staff so they can visit their customers in person. This was filmed in the days before email and the Web, but even then phones and faxes were viewed as a substitute [...] Comments[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Roger Dooley, ... by Tweets that mention It Really DOES Pay to Schmooze | Neuromarketing -- Topsy.comRelated StoriesSecrets of the Moneylab by Kay-Yut ChenComputers As People: Happy Customers and AutomationRivalry Marketing (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399619 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:41:10 +0100 4399619 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175680&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FT2DFI4g2qIE%2F By Walter OlsonAt Compensation Cafe, Stephanie Thomas explores some of the “nonsensical implications” of a misnamed bill that’s a high Obama administration priority in the lame duck session: Let’s assume that John and Jane have identical characteristics (education, work experience, etc.) except for gender. ABC Company makes offers of employment to John and Jane on the same day, for the same position, for the same starting salary: $45,000. Jane accepts the offer, but John negotiates the salary, and ends up with $50,000. Under the current equal pay laws, there’s no problem; John is earning more because he negotiated and Jane did not. Makes sense, right? Under the Paycheck Fairness Act, ABC Company would be guilty of gender discrimination. Here’s another ex... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175680 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:45:18 +0100 4175680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4074036&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMPsPYTCxQs8%2F By Walter OlsonThe union- and trial-lawyer-backed Paycheck Fairness Act, which would greatly expand the scope of lawsuits against private employers alleging gender pay inequality, has run into considerable resistance in Congress. The Bangor Daily News, for example, notes that middle-of-the-road Maine Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, known for their willingness to support some Democratic initiatives, have criticized the PFA as “broad,” “unprecedented,” and costly to employers (Snowe) and as likely to “impose excessive litigation on the small-business community” (Collins). Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), on the other hand, is impatient with all such objections: “If there is litigation in the future, that is minor compared to making sure ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4074036 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:41:33 +0100 4074036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3526725&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fheqs31Ut9lk%2F By adminBritain may have given the world freedom as we understand it (i.e. see The Liberty of Ancients Compared with that of Moderns by Benjamin Constant), but you would not know it from the last prime ministerial debate that took place last Thursday. The candidates (Conservative David Cameron, Labour’s Gordon Brown and Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg) used the word “freedom” only 2 times. They said the word “free” 5 times, but all in the context of the supposedly “free” goodies, which they promised to lavish on the electorate. Words “responsible” and “responsibility” fared somewhat better (4 times). But the winning words were “fair” and “fairness” that were mentioned 22 times — almost always in connection with taxing the rich. Here is a typical example: Bro... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3526725 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:37:16 +0100 3526725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416010&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFHf2p46l2Iw%2F By Daniel J. MitchellAmerica’s biggest fiscal challenge is excessive government spending. The public sector is far too large today and it is projected to get much bigger in coming decades. But the corrupt and punitive internal revenue code is second on the list of fiscal problems. This new video, narrated by yours truly, explains how a flat tax would work and why it would promote growth and fairness. Something to keep in mind with tax day in just a couple of weeks. There are two big hurdles that must be overcome to achieve tax reform. The first obstacle is that the class-warfare crowd wants the tax code to penalize success with high tax rates. That issue is addressed in the video in a couple of ways. I explain that fairness should be defined as treating all people equally, and I als... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416010 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:58:39 +0100 3416010 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136593&cid=t_121294_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F02%2Flife-is-unfair-now-what%2F I probably don’t go a week without hearing some form of this complaint — life is unfair. It’s usually in the form of: “I can’t believe this happened to me! Why do bad things always seem to happen to me!?” “I’m a special person, why shouldn’t I be treated like someone special?” “Why does everyone else seem to succeed where all I can do is fail?” “I didn’t make the team/get the job/get asked out on a second date/get any of the attention my other siblings got.” You see how it goes. On and on, we don’t run out of examples of where we believe we’ve been untreated unfairly in life. Here’s how I try and look at it though — life is a never-ending game of learning. When something bad... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136593 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:32:22 +0100 3136593 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2989134&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FYnEgqMgzpWQ%2F The War on Terrorism ends; and the winner is… China. Fairness Doctrine 2.0: How the government is finding new ways to regulate media. Don’t miss Cato’s 27th annual Monetary Conference Thursday, November 19th. New Hampshire state government guaranteeing loans to help bail out a local newspaper. Podcast: “Atomic Obsession:” When threats are exaggerated, what’s the cost? John Mueller, author of Overblown: How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them, comments. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2989134 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:22:13 +0100 2989134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2674305&cid=t_121294_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F06%2Fthe-situation-of-group-serving-behavior%2F This article reports two studies in which college students’ identification with their university was measured and information about the procedural justice of the university was manipulated. Study 1 used an explicit measure of group identification and a deliberative measure of group-serving behavior. Study 2 used an implicit measure of group identification and both deliberative and spontaneous measures of group-serving behavior. The findings of both studies support the hypothesis that among people who are highly identified with a group, learning about the group’s injustice leads to short-term increases in group-serving behavior. * * * To access the article, click here.  For a related Situationist post, see “Tom Tyler on ‘Strategies of Social Control’.” (... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2674305 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:01:40 +0100 2674305 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441168&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F4IzAdA24X0s%2F Next week the Cato Institute will hold seminars in Los Angeles and Santa Barbara. The program is the same both places. Leda Cosmides, one of the world’s leading evolutionary psychologists, will kick things off at 11 a.m. with a talk on our intuitive ideas about fairness and justice. Then Cato’s Michael Tanner will warn about the horrors of Obamacare and Dan Mitchell will tell us that it doesn’t matter because the country’s going to be bankrupt anyway.  Former California congressman and Senate candidate, and potential governor, Tom Campbell will wrap things up after lunch with a  discussion of the state’s fiscal predicament. A sobering program for sobering times. Sign up now! (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441168 Thu, 28 May 2009 23:34:54 +0100 2441168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2168137&cid=t_121294_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F07%2Fmonkey-fairness%2F From Youtube: A pair of capuchin monkeys show very compelling signs of cooperation and a sense of fairness, by working together to solve a problem using tools, and then sharing the reward. They also show signs of understanding fairness: when unequal rewards are given to one monkey and not another, the monkey receiving the lesser treat would rather go hungry than accept anything less than an equal reward. From the BBC documentary “Capuchins: The Monkey Puzzle”, narrated by the ever brilliant Sir David Attenborough. * * * * * * For some related posts, see “Miscalculating Welfare - Abstract” and “Cheering for the Underdog.”        (Source: The Situationist) The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2168137 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:01:30 +0100 2168137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1927798&cid=t_121294_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F11%2F02%2Fjonathan-delman-wins-robert-wood-johnson-leadership-prize%2F Jonathan Delman is a psychiatric survivor and a $125,000 winner of the Robert Wood Johnson leadership prize for his community health work in mental health. Delman founded and leads an organization called Consumer Quality Initiatives. This is an agency that surveys people who receive mental health services from Massachusetts. They then analyze the data for ways to make improvements. The agency is staffed mainly by people with mental illness. Delman himself is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and still takes six medications a day to help treat it (three of which, the article notes, are to help him sleep). Being a patient of the mental health system (and making a dramatic “escape” from McLean Hospital here a decade ago), he’s had a tough, uphill battle to gain legitimacy... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1927798 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:21:19 +0100 1927798 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1727809&cid=t_121294_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F07%2F16%2Fpov-documentary-in-the-family-one-womans-journey-through-the-unpredictable-world-of-predicative-genetic-testing%2F “At the age of 27, filmmaker Joanna Rudnick tested positive for the BRCA mutation. Joanna now faces an impossible decision: remove her healthy breasts and ovaries or risk incredible odds of developing cancer. Armed with a positive test result that leaves her essentially “a ticking time bomb,” she balances dreams of having her [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1727809 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:51:22 +0100 1727809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1088764&cid=t_121294_136_f&fid=35300&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetastaticlivercancer.org%2F2007-12-12-cancer-treatment%2Fcancer-support-from-mary%2F Comment from Mary at “Pammy’s Liver cancer story : please give your hugs!”, with answer from Metastatic Liver Cancer. I am so very sorry for your situation with your sister. It does not seem fair for someone so young with little children left to raise to have to worry about how her kids will be, how they will handle this situation. My husband just found out that his father is reaching his end, and I am not sure what to do for or what to say to him all I can do is be there I guess. I agree with Mary: it is just not fair, yet that only tells us that this world just doesn’t always go about fairness For your husband Mary: be there. As long as people are alive, be there to help them living their live to the fullest, no matter how little that "fullest" may look. In our ... Metastatic liver cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1088764 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:05:34 +0100 1088764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=638015&cid=t_121294_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F24%2Fhow-unfair-feeling-wronged-and-heart-attacks-are-linked%2F Filed under: Daily news, Mind Body medicineDo you feel that you are unfairly treated in some aspect of your life? Maybe your mother is unusually hard on you, or you don't get paid as much as you should. Maybe you just weren't dealt the best hand in life. But if this sounds like you, I have another blow for you ... you might be more susceptible to a heart attack, according to this study. It has to do with stress, and there's no denying that someone who feels wronged is more on edge than someone who is carefree and happy-go-lucky. I minored in Psychology in college, and there one of the undercurrents of many of my classes was the role that perception of fairness played in so many aspects of ones life, from confidence to mood to satisfaction. So I'm not surprised it can play a role in your he... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=638015 Thu, 24 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 638015