Re: capitalism and health care quality

2000-01-29 Thread Ray E. Harrell
I think this goes a little deeper. Medicine like charity, theoretical art, scientific research and space exploration have a problem with profit. The physical "worth" of the marketplace rarely accrues to the creator, discoverer or practitioner of the profession. An exception being surgeons in the

A Couple Quotes from Habsbawm

2000-01-29 Thread Ed Goertzen
"The third transformation, and in some ways the most disturbing, is the disintegration of the old patterns of human social relationships, and with it, incidentally, the snapping of the links between generations, that is to say, between the past and the present". "This has been

Fw: One Country Two worlds

2000-01-29 Thread Michael Gurstein
-- Original Message - From: John Hibbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 7:55 AM Subject: One Country Two worlds == Since the theme for GLD2000 may well be "Bridging the Gap", I thought it

Fw: [spiritof1848] WHO Inequalities in Health (fwd)

2000-01-29 Thread Michael Gurstein
- Original Message - From: d.raphael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 7:33 AM Subject: [spiritof1848] WHO Inequalities in Health (fwd) Forwarded Message: From: Nancy Krieger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:47:14 -0500 Subject:

FW: Individualism

2000-01-29 Thread Melanie Milanich
Futher to Michael and Ed's posts relating to the growth of individualism in the western world (and doctor's obsessions with their personal portfolios), today's Toronto Star has an article "Free agency comes to the shop floor" quoting Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management at the