“THERE IS QUEER INEQUITY, BUT I PICK TO BE HAPPY”

There may be no room in the inn, but the innkeepers sure are happy.

H andel and McConnell, 1 in comparing hospital profitability during times of high ambulance diversion versus none, demonstrate the unsur-prising conclusion that a full hospital enjoys greater profit than one less full. Given the perpetual myth of the emergency department (ED) as money loser, it is heart-ening to read that ED admissions yielded a higher per-patient profit than elective admission...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

There Is an ‘Unconscious,’ but It May Well Be Conscious

Depth psychology finds empirical validation today in a variety of observations that suggest the presence of causally effective mental processes outside conscious experience. I submit that this is due to misinterpretation of the observations: the subset of consciousness called "meta-consciousness" in the literature is often mistaken for consciousness proper, thereby artificially creating space f...

Knowing Afghanistan: Can there be an end to the saga?

War on terrorism, as the motto which formed the cornerstone of global policies of former     neo-conservative administration of the United States, is increasingly becoming ineffective in Afghanistan with the dreaded consequence of spilling over into Pakistan. This inevitable consequence of War on    Terrorism in Afghanistan has brought the West face to face with the ‘nest of terrorism’ that CIA...

Global health inequity: scientific challenges remain but can be solved.

Advances in science and technology have transformed the health of the populations of the developed world, with substantial increases in life expectancy and reductions in morbidity. These advances have not, however, touched the lives of the poorest people of the world--the billions living in developing countries. This Review Series on global health highlights the key factors contributing to ineq...