The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder – NYTimes.com. The Number of Diagnoses Soared Amid a 20-Year Drug Marketing Campaign By ALAN SCHWARZ – DECEMBER 14, 2013 Hello all. Just a quick update to my December 11th, 2013, blog post on how we should add desirable care to our focus on affordable care. In my earlier […]
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December 16, 2013
UPDATE: The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder – NYTimes.com
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December 4, 2013
Should Philanthropists Have the Right to Impose Rights?
If you have been reading my blog over the last couple of months then you know that I am now enamored of philosopher John Searle’s work in the area of how the social world is constructed and for what reason. I discovered Searle’s work by reading the book Evolutionary Psychology coauthored by another of my […]
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November 19, 2013
Let’s Talk About “Changing Systems” Systematically (part II of II)
As promised at the end of part I, we’ll begin part II by asking, “What good are systems levels, especially organic systems levels?” Well, lets take an example from philanthropy. Consider this oft cited example (which apparently comes from Lao Tzu—thank you Robert Hall): Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day […]
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November 6, 2013
Let’s Talk About “Changing Systems” Systematically (part I of II)
In my dual roles as psychotherapist (currently inactive) and philanthropist (currently active), I regularly attend workshops and conferences. As an example, the Association of Small Foundations recently wrapped up its annual meeting here in Albuquerque on October 3rd, 2013. (Our Foundation sponsored bringing in William Powers to speak as a part of our RYOL Lecture […]
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Affordable Ashmordable … What About Desirable Care?
I applaud efforts to make healthcare affordable, but in this blog post I’d like to offer up a caution: “As we make healthcare in specific and care in general more affordable, will it still remain desirable?” Looked at another way, does it make sense to make something that is quickly becoming undesirable, affordable? Should we be […]
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