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The Politics of Health #2

Last week I wrote about how public health needed to address issues from a political standpoint…  I am of the opinion that most of us will agree that we must embrace the political process in order to be successfull.  One respondent quoted a professor that said “One good piece of legislation will save more lives [...]

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14 January 2009 at 05:00 - Comments
Bill Cissell
Tyler, This is a good message, but incomplete, which is probably the result of trying to keep it brief. You ...
14 January 09 at 04:32

Payback's a Bitch!

In early December I decided to do my Christmas shopping for my wife–so as is a tradition with me I got on-line and got it done in 20 minutes.  I decided to purchase my wife an IPOD Nano.  Sure, I could have paid full price at our local Best Buy, but I’m somewhat a cheapskate [...]

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12 January 2009 at 11:57 - Comments
mark f
Sorry Mark, The guy has already adjusted his spam filter to auto delete your messages.
14 January 09 at 08:49
jody early
Never to you, Bill! But this was too clever not to consider saving for a few "choice" individuals!
15 January 09 at 03:07

The Politics of Health

I routinely get that expression… You know, the one where someone furrows their brow and looks at you like “that makes no sense whatsoever”… The confused, “so what do I say now” look? Although sometimes it is when I am just trying to explain the intricacies between Odds Ratio and Relative Risk, it usually comes after [...]

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7 January 2009 at 05:00 - Comments
Bill cissell
My experience has been different. The faculty members who taught the courses I took seemed well versed in the ...
15 January 09 at 01:03
jodyearly
Great resources, Bill! Thanks for adding these!
15 January 09 at 03:15

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