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[firecat]

"Medical Tests & Procedures: Efforts to Reduce Unnecessary Care by Kevin Brasler (of Consumers' Checkbook) and ChoosingWisely.org
Some medical tests and prescriptions are ordered when they aren't needed. This article makes some suggestions about which tests, under which conditions, to ask about. It's not perfect (especially the advice about using opioids for pain relief) but a lot of it comports with what I've learned elsewhere.

Eighteen pictures of kitteh toe-beans!

"How 'Good Intent' Undermines Diversity and Inclusion by Annalee (LeeFlower)
From 2017: Why codes of conduct that demand people "assume good intent" when reporting on conduct violations are actually reinforcing the status quo where some people have more privilege than others:

...telling people to “assume good intent” is a sign that if they come to you with a concern, you will minimize their feelings, police their reactions, and question their perceptions. It tells marginalized people that you don’t see codes of conduct as tools to address systemic discrimination, but as tools to manage personal conflicts without taking power differences into account.

Comments

[flippac]

I had cause to link the good intent piece in a discussion elsenet.

It's proving rather stressful - I'm having to dance around the significance of an issue that was pretty prominent at one point in 2016 but which nobody else seems to be openly acknowledging the significance of.

[firecat]

I'm really sorry that's going on. I hope the linkage helps people get a clue.

[redbird]

Yes on the link and the "it's not perfect" on the unnecessary testing/procedures article: someone who recommends against long-term use of opioids for "lack of evidence" and recommends acupuncture as better has just thrown away all credibility.

[firecat]

That was definitely the biggest fail in the article.

[selki]

I had read that Good Intent article before; you pulled a good summary extract.

[firecat]

Thanks!