Word: lumping
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...While doctors are often in a better position than most of us to spot the hazards in the hospital and the holes in their care, they can't necessarily fix them. They can't even avoid them when they become patients themselves. When Dr. Lisa Friedman felt the lump in her breast in the summer of 2001, she did--nothing. "I just sat on it," she says, "because I clicked into the mode of being physician, not patient, and I thought, 'Most lumps are not cancer, I'll just watch this.'" That was her first mistake...
...practice that covers much of southern Wisconsin, she went to her radiology department to schedule a mammogram. The administrators turned her down: her HMO paid for routine mammograms every two years, and she'd had one 18 months before. "I said, 'Wait a minute, I feel a lump. This is not routine.' They still wouldn...
...talk privately about the cost--economic and physical--of the bias toward overtesting. They are less beguiled by flashy technology, more aware of the risks of even simple procedures and thus more willing to trust their doctor's instincts. If everything in his experience tells your doctor that the lump on the back of your hand is a ganglion and not a malignant tumor, it may not make sense to run the risk that goes with surgical excision. If your baby is born after a very long labor but shows no sign of infection, then agreeing to a spinal...
...science were to find a binary innateness between homosexuality and heterosexuality, the assumptions currently associated with homosexuals would be solidified. Homosexuals who acted like or appeared similar to heterosexuals would be viewed as aberrations, and society would probably not hesitate to quickly lump even children into broad categories. These social constructs would only intensify the manipulative and sad pressure on children to view themselves in light of sexual norms. Instead of waiting for genetics to clear homosexuality’s taboo, the most advantageous avenue is redoubling support for awareness events like Gaypril. On a wider level, activists should urge...
...maintain mental wellness. But in the cases of most Harvard students, a moderate level of depression is not surprising. Harvard students are determined, and they have an investment in success—apart from the $40,000-a-year one. The byproduct of their ambition is an unavoidable lump of negative externalities—downsizing of relationships, severe aspirations, spending a great deal of time studying in the dark corners of Widener, and stress in general. Ultimately, these unfortunate aspects can be, and usually are, outweighed by benefits. The heights of human achievement—music, literature, scholarship: think Nobel...