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"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

[selki]

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

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Thanks!