Category: Life Support
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Climate change: all aboard the fuckedsville express.
When it comes to the topic of climate change, I am experiencing a deep existential dissonance right now. The mismatch between what I believe (based on my best efforts to critically appraise the scientific evidence) is going to happen, and the deliciously easy path of business as usual that I see all about me. Sure,…
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The 3.5 percent revolution.
“ […] it would behoove us to remember the figure “3.5 percent.” This is the number that Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth came up with in the course of her research into protest strategies as the percentage of a population that must rise up sincerely and nonviolently to bring about a major change to society.…
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Climate risk Australia: Infrastructure and environment.
Over the last few days, I have be posting excerpts from the risk descriptions appendix to the National Climate Risk Assessment. This is the final installment.They give an alarming overview of our Government’s concerns regarding Australia’s place in the climate emergency. All bold highlights are mine. Risks to resilience of buildings and community infrastructure. Increased extreme weather (e.g., floods, heatwaves, bushfires)…
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Nurse as Expert.
A long, but important quote from Iain McGilchrist’s groundbreaking book ‘The Matter With Things. My review here. In the world of nursing, Patricia Benner notes that becoming an expert means shifting from abstract principles to seeing intuitively the patient before you in relation to other real-life experiences, and noting similarities and differences. She also emphasises…
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When nurses are SICK.
Then there was the time, back in 2001 when, in a desperate attempt to bring attention to the unsafe workloads in our Emergency Department, (almost) the entire ED nursing staff executed simultaneous sick leave across multiple shifts and on consecutive days. It was a tough time. Despite getting significant attention both from the media and…
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Documentary: How to change your mind.
I have been waiting for this for a while. The new documentary series from Netflix based on Micheal Pollans groundbreaking book ‘How to Change Your Mind’ has dropped. The book was a total phase shift for me. I rate it in the top 5 books I have ever read. After working in a busy Emergency…
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The big problem with Big Pharma.
A fascinating and disturbing discussion between Lex and Dr John Abramson around the manipulative and arguably deceptive practices of Big Pharma in the US. Evidence-based medicine is only as veridical as the quality of evidence it is built on. Peer-reviewed studies & practice guidelines relied on by healthcare providers are only as useful as the…
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