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Book Review: Challenging Operations: Medical Reform and Resistance in Surgery

Author Katherine C. Kellogg Publisher: University of Chicago Press – 230 pages Book Review by Paiso Jamakar The author Katherine C. Kellogg, an associate professor of organization studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, observed for about two and a half years, staff surgeons and residents working in three hospitals, as part of the implementation of a regulation on work hour limits. This intensive observation program followed a stern action by the American Council of Graduate Medical Education mandating a reduction in resident work hours from as many as 120 to eighty per week to protect patient safety,...

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What is guttersnipes? A grounded, uplifting story of a homeless teen girl who finds an abandoned 12 year-old autistic girl on the street.

by Joe Aaron & Shuchi Talati gut-ter-snipe (n): a homeless vagabond and especially an outcast boy or girl in the streets of a city Guttersnipes is a story about Jo, a 17 year old homeless girl who finds Waverly, an abandoned autistic kid in an alley. Now Jo must decide if she will turn the girl over to the hellish state home, find her a new home… or just keep her, and make a “home” with her on the streets. Launched: Sep 15, 2012 Funding ends: Oct 30, 2012 Remind Me Read more at www.guttersnipesfilm.com Watch video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/69061341/guttersnipes-feature-film-set-in-arkansas-0 Embed...

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Topics announced for 1st Presidential Debate on Oct. 3

Source: http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com The topics for the first Presidential Debate, scheduled for October 3, have been released. Here are the topics broken down by time allotted of the 90 minute debate: Economy – 45 minutes Health Care – 15 minutes Role of Government – 15 minutes Governing – 15 minutes The first three of the October 3 debate’s six segments will focus on the economy, moderator Jim Lehrer said in a statement provided by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The other three segments will focus on health care, the role of government, and governing, according to the release. Each segment...

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Texas Indian Medical Professionals Hold Charitable Event

Community News San Antonio, Texas – Over $40,000 was raised recently at the annual charitable gala and leadership conference of the Texas Indo-American Physician Society, Southwest Chapter (TIPS-SW). The money will be used to support local charities, international causes and a new scholarship program. The annual event sponsored by the doctors, local hospitals and medical vendors here was held on September 15 at the Holy Trinity Banquet Hall. It was attended by more than 450 local Indian physicians and people in medical fields. TIPS-SW has held this annual charitable event for four years in a row, and has been one...

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California Governor Brown vetoes bill that allowed towns to release undocumented immigrants

By Miranda Leitsinger, NBC News California’s governor late Sunday vetoed a bill that would have allowed police and sheriffs to free undocumented immigrants from custody once they became eligible for release even if there were requests by federal immigration authorities to hold them for possible deportation proceedings. Immigration advocates say the federal requests, known as detainers or holds, cast a wide dragnet that has ensnared even those who had committed minor crimes or no offenses at all. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement had said the program was instrumental in helping enforce immigration laws and in getting violent offenders off...

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