Month: February 2014

• Just Right Baby Bear?

  There is a problem in the modern world, I think: we honestly believe there is an answer to any question we ask if we pursue it with enough effort. It leads to unrealistic expectations and a suspicion that there should be no need to compromise -or if we do, a sense of disappointment that it […]

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  February 27, 2014

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  foetal well-being, Medications in pregnancy, pregnancy health, risk of medications, risk-benefit ratios in pregnancy, safety in pregnancy, women’s health

• Plus ca Change?

  You know if you wait long enough, what was old becomes new again. Old fashions become retro and are seriously nouveau. I don’t wear ties or cuffed pants, but I’m sure if I hunted around in the closet I could find something that would make a teenager’s eyes water. Theories are sometimes like that, although […]

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  February 21, 2014

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  ACOG recommendations, judgement in labour, Length of labours, length of second stage of labours, Women’s Health issues

• Science and Simulacra

  One of the problems with Science for many people is that it keeps changing its mind. We are in an era when to say that an idea is scientifically proven is to imply that something profound has been uncovered: a truth has been revealed that is forever irrefutable. It is a time of global angst, when religions […]

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  February 14, 2014

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  philosophy of science, reality, Science and reality, scientific theories

• Homo Alarmus

  I have had alarm fatigue for quite some time now – years probably.  It’s something that kind of sneaks up on you from behind.  Silently. Like  a shadow in the moonlight, you’re not aware you have it until someone points it out. Tells you that it is interfering with seeing things already obscure. It is difficult […]

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  February 7, 2014

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  alarm fatigue, alarms in health care, alarms in life, Safety in health care