by charles.mcgowen | Mar 30, 2012 | Blog
Here are some positive solutions to health care reform. First Principles 1. Abide by the Constitution. 2. Do no harm – especially in the arena of civil rights including the rights of conscience, therapeutics and privacy. 3. Empower doctors and patients. Keep...
by charles.mcgowen | Feb 13, 2012 | Blog
In the previous blog I posited the notion that today’s elder population, of which I am part, will probably be the last one to set records for longevity in the 21st century. I already have pointed out the first of two major reasons for that notion, namely personal...
by charles.mcgowen | Feb 4, 2012 | Blog
NBC’s former anchorman, Tom Brokaw wrote in his 1998 book The Greatest Generation, “It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced.” He rightly said so because they had lived through the great depression and fought and won battles...
by charles.mcgowen | Jan 19, 2012 | Blog
The American College of Physicians updated its Ethics Manual in 2012. Having read it through once again, two points in the section of Human Rights struck home to my sense of morality, and with which I entirely concur: “Participation by physicians in the execution of...
by charles.mcgowen | Oct 17, 2011 | Blog
Back in the late 30s, 40s and early 50s, while I was growing up and summer was arriving, my mom would always designate one of our few closets in which to sequester our wool clothes and blankets, complete with an abundant supply of moth balls, in order to prevent those...
