Where’s the Outrage?

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I thought that would introduce a new segment to Where’s the Outrage - medical ethics.

A 20 year old female presents to the ER.  She complains of feeling like somebody is trying to get into her head.  The patient looks scared and anxious.  Her eyes are darting back and forth.   Her speech is pressured and rapid.  You are the ER physician.  You run a battery of tests and conclude that the patient may be a danger to herself.  You ask her if she will be willing to come in the hospital for some treatment that you think will help her.  She agrees.  As soon as you walk out of the room, the patient is seen by the charge nurse trying to leave.

What should you, as the ER physician, do?

Tags: Ethics, Healthcare, Medical Ethics/Issues by ecthompson
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The painting above is Twilight In The Wilderness.

It was painted by Frederic Edwin Church in 1860.

Here is what it says about this painting in the book American Art and Architecture by Michael J. Lewis—

Church did not fragment his colors into intense local passages but subordinated them to an overall chromatic scheme…As with a musical composition, there is a dominant key signature against which contrasting harmonies resonate.

That’s right!—Life is a few broad themes. Individual events take place within the broad themes. These broad themes last through time.

In the 1796 Presidential election, John Adams won nine states and Thomas Jefferson won seven states.

All nine states Mr. Adams won in ‘96 were carried by John Kerry in 2004.

Of the seven states won by Mr. Jefferson, George W. Bush won six of them in ‘04.  (Pennsylvania was the only state to switch, as it were, from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Kerry.)

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Voters holding strong moral values have prevailed in recent Spanish elections.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and his Socialist party will again lead Spain.

Prime Minister Zapatero ran on his first-term record.

This record included legalizing gay marriage, making it easier to get a divorce, pulling Spanish troops out of Iraq and allocating a larger share of the Spanish budget to the needs of the poor.

The Spanish public followed the right course and returned Mr. Zapatero to office.

Here is a story about the election.

Here is a profile of Prime Minister Zapatero.

Here are some facts about Spain.

Tags: Elections by Texas Liberal
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