tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67411263721672852552009-11-07T05:02:15.978-08:00Source of critical issues for the prospective medical student concerning healthcare, policy issues, and more.Megan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12078149883198394118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6741126372167285255.post-24128496910616513592007-04-26T23:55:00.000-07:002007-04-27T01:48:35.490-07:00

In my teens I had the unpleasant experience of watching my father struggle with the battle against pancreatic cancer. He was diagnosed early enough, Doctor’s thought, that after surgical removal of the tumors and subsequent bouts of chemotherapy and radiation, he would win his battle. However, this was in 1996 when the chemotherapy drugs out on market were still relatively new and as result there

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Currently in the United States, we spend about $1.9 trillion annually on healthcare (including physician fees, insurance fees, treatment and procedural fees etc). If this seems like a lot, that’s because it is. This conservative estimate roughly equates to spending $5,670 per person, per year. As one of the worlds most industrialized nations, we spend more on healthcare than any other country.

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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman is an essential read for every prospective medical student. The book follows the medical trials of a young epileptic child named Lia Lee and the doctors that treated her. As a prospective medical student myself, I was astonished by the many instances of cultural collision that arose due to the disregard for the practices and beliefs of Lia’

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Recently in the United States, it was estimated that 46.7 percent of teenagers (ages 15-19) have admitted to engaging in sexual intercourse (CDC, 2003, p.1). This statistic is further amplified by the recent trend suggesting that one in three teenagers will become pregnant before their twentieth birthday (Collins, 2006, p. 4). In addition to these alarming rates, many social, physical and

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