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Why Consciousness is Not a Hard Problem
The “Hard Problem” Consciousness seems like a very difficult and vexing problem to many. The problem, variously phrased, can be stated this way: in a universe that is so obviously full of things that are objectively observable, how is it possible for there to be a purely subjective, first person experience that only I can…
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How tax-exemption for employer-sponsored health insurance is destroying the US health care system
In the United States, employees do not have to pay payroll or income taxes on employee-sponsored health insurance benefits, a policy that is destroying that is destroying the US health care system because: It abandons the people who need health insurance most: if you become too sick to work, you will lose your employer-provided health…
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Shared Decision Making – A Once-Sacred Cow that Should be Put Out to Pasture
The physician-patient relationship is not a partnership wherein which the parties should strive to reach an outcome that best suits the interests of the partners. Rather, the physician-patient relationship represents an ethically and legally recognized fiduciary relationship wherein one party (the physician) is charged with looking after the health care interests of the other (the…
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The Most Important Residency Interview Questions and How to Answer Them
Introduction You will be asked many or most of the following prototypical questions during your residency interview. Practice these questions and your answers to them well, preferably with the help of a medical professional as a mock interviewer. The suggested answers won’t work for everyone. What might come across as genuine for one person could seem…