Unshelved by Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
comic strip overdue media

Saturday, August 21, 2004

Is there any way we can go back to letting doctors (and patients) make medical decisions?

Rather than managed health care and governments? The game of pick and choose is an ethical miasma.

Guardian Unlimited - Special reports - Fury at ban on HIV help for refugees

On the one hand, it's comforting to know that the US doesn't have an exclusive on sometime bone-headed dealings with the issues of immigration (legal and illegal), refugee sanctuary, and public health. On the other hand, isn't sad that there's plenty of money and wealth out there to provide for food, shelter, and medicine for everyone on the planet, but the distribution just sucks?

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