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Surgeon falsifies research on soldiers injured in Iraq war « Shanbhag Labs — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:54:52 +0000

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By: Esther

Esther — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:03:06 +0000

I am also for small government, at least for community matters. But I fear that in the US we have divided ourselves into “don’t teach values” vs. “teach only our (rather rigid) values and we argue over flags and Christmas displays instead of understanding the need to inculcate values of compassion and honesty about important things and responsibility to oneself and the larger community, etc. which are fairly universal. There will always be people who are “bad guys,” but I think we need most people to be relatively “good guys.” For this we need better education.

By: Arun Shanbhag

Arun Shanbhag — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:32:30 +0000

Exactly; and surprisingly, many doctors don’t see the connection between accepting consulting $$$ and how it may subconsciously affect judgement. Sad!

While I’m for small government, this is a good example where the community has not been able to police themselves and thus needs government intervention.

and Thank you for your comment and links!
Arun

By: Esther

Esther — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:37:12 +0000

Breaking of trust for financial gain underlies many problems in our country, I fear. We’ve done some real damage to the ethical system which we need to keep us together as a society.