fieldwork at home
1.04.2011
plans for the new year
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I'm planning on cleaning this blog up, removing some of the more personal (and less charming) laments. I'm also planning on working ...
12.20.2010
Physicians' conviction of perfection
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I added this back in December, but I saved the draft since I had some reservations about so simplistically maligning physicians. My goal cer...
in other news of confronting my own philosophical inconsistencies
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Public Citizen notes that pharma is the biggest defrauder of the U.S. government. Worse than the defense industry, and well, we all know ho...
12.16.2010
something about anthropology
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As my previous post, a mere 12 hours or so ago, indicated, I don't really do anthropology lately. As much as one is ever "doing...
Long overdue
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My new(ish) job has eaten up my life. I can't actually remember much about the last six and a half months, which I find disturbing. It s...
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8.21.2010
NPR covers the HPV vaccine debate and fails to mention key data
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I just responded to NPR's story about the HPV vaccine for boys. I'm re-posting here because I have to do other things, but I'll...
8.06.2010
The conundrum of the female condom
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The female condom initially received approval in the U.S. in the early 1990s, shortly after its approval in Europe. It's been tenacious,...
7.22.2010
Government requirement for vaccine insurance
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Under the new health plan, insurers are required to pay for government recommended Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) vacci...
6.26.2010
Moments of chagrin and remorse
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I'm coming back. I miss writing. I miss thinking. I'm now misanthropic anthropologist, phd, and having grown weary of academia, I la...
2.09.2009
The kicking and screaming recalcitrant anthropologist
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In spite of silence, I have in fact been working on my dissertation. Much more slowly than I would like or thought possible. I re-surface on...
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