Patricia Farrell

Asleep and Stuffing Food Into Your Mouth with No Memory of It

Weight loss is a struggle during the best of times, but there's a sleep disorder that works feverishly against your…

3 years ago

Why Is There No True, Empathic Patient Engagement or Is There?”

Healthcare professionals have entered a field where empathy, compassion, and an ability to relate well to patients are implicitly mandated.

3 years ago

Has Therapeutic Touch Lost Its Way in Medicine? Or Is It Lawsuits?

Touch has become a subject of lawsuits and medical interventions. The MeToo movement pulled touch into an unexpected, negative spotlight in our culture.

3 years ago

Big Boys Do Cry, and It’s a Normal Reaction, Not Weakness

Crying in boys and men is not a sign of weakness but one of the normal expressions of extreme joy…

3 years ago

Punish the Lazy Obese, Shower Shame on Them, and Refuse Disability Benefits to Them?

Obesity is an evolving medical disorder that still includes shame and the refusal of disability benefits without serious medical side…

3 years ago

Uncovering Hidden, Frustrating Loopholes of the Arcane DRGs in Healthcare

Hospitalization is not a question of being in the hospital and receiving treatment; discharge is a major factor. As a hospital…

4 years ago

If Agony and Numbness From Media War Coverage Generate Mental Aching, Why Watch?

“It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who…

4 years ago

Medical Ethics and Treatment Is in a Nasty Fight for Its Existence

Medicine, the area of science that has been slowly backed into a corner by insurance reimbursement, is now in another…

4 years ago

Aphasia Struck Bruce Willis and He’s Not Alone in the Diagnosis

Bruce Willis, the highly successful action-hero actor, has aphasia, and, as a result, he is retiring from acting. Why, you might ask?…

4 years ago

Should We Question the Backing of Advocacy Groups or Remain Quiet But Skeptical?

Television programs and films often reveal truths about our world and culture that we either don’t know or prefer to ignore. While viewing…

4 years ago

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