Medical Communication: Prevention vs Risk Reduction vs Early Detection
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Something creepy about television sets in medical waiting rooms
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“Ask a stupid question…”
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Why my blood pressure goes through the roof in a medical setting – Reason #233
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How health care systems waste money and disrespect consumers
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Aging Prisoners Strain The System
The New York Times article (Unkind Life For Young and Old, Aug 7) highlights yet another way the US wastes money. It costs $100,000 a year to maintain an aging prisoner, and prisons aren’t exactly geared for “aging in place.” They have unsafe stairwells, a ban on canes and of course no geriatricians on staff.
Geriatric prisoners rarely pose a threat to society so there’s little reason to keep them.
Jamie Fellner, author of a Human Rights Watch, was quoted in another article as saying, “Age should not be a get-out-of-jail-free card.” But why not? In some countries, people over 70 do not go to prison, period. I doubt that we’d see many people over 70 suddenly going on crime sprees; the rare cases of white collar crime, like Madoff, could be handled with supervised probation or fines.
