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Biology in Society: Doctors vs. Their Patients in Ghana

Introduction
       Ghana is one of the more stable and prosperous west African countries. It has just about 3450 doctors for 23 million inhabitants, giving a ratio of about 0.15 doctors per 1,000 people (Ghanaian Health Stats). There does seem to exist a volatile and hostile relationship between doctors and their patients in the country (Lambon). The purpose of this paper is to explore the various possible reasons behind this hostility and discuss the possible means of its resolution.
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Medical Information Online: Sites designed for physicians being used by patients

      With the age of information technology upon us, the way people search for the information they need is drastically changing. One of the most influential causes of such change was the creation of the Internet. Information that has historically been difficult to access, or only accessible to certain sections of society, is suddenly available to the general public in a matter of seconds. While the effects of the Internet have been widespread, one sector that has been significantly impacted is health care. Before the only way for people to get reliable information about their health and well being was to visit their doctors office, and have a personal consultation.

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Questioning the Scientific Method: Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials

 

Questioning the Scientific Method: Ethical Issues in Clinical Trials

 

 

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Vaccination and Autism: A Continuing Controversy

 Vaccines are often heralded by medical professionals as one of, if not the most, important inventions in healthcare to date. A vaccine is “a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease” [1].

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Heritable Disease Hypotheses: Occam vs. Murphy

Heritable Disease Hypotheses: Occam vs. Murphy

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Illuminating the Masses: A Look at Science Communication in the General Public

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Disconnect Between the Scientific Community and the Public

Biology in Society Senior Seminar

Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010

Session 7

 

 

Disconnect Between the Scientific Community and the Public

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Testing the Happiness Hypothesis

October selection of the Slippery Brain Sodality, discussion started Oct. 17th, 2010

...or, befriending your inner pachyderm

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working, working on, and working toward

 What's working? Well, we all seem to be able to work cooperatively, especially online. I like how our class is able to feed off of each other's ideas on the course forum. Actually, I'd say that what works most in this course is its heavy use of an online community. By posting online, whether it be the webpapers or a weekly posting, I have found that my attitude toward writing has shifted. No longer do I write for a professor - I'm writing for something more global. My writing is about conversation, about involving as many people as I can in a dialogue. And even more exciting, that dialogue has a chance to cross from the virtual world into reality as my classmates respond to what I've posted.

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