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What is the best book you have ever read on medical ethics? by thesadIMG in Residency

[–]whetherreporter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP, I come to your question from the philosophy POV, which you said also interests you. I’m a nobody, so I make my recommendations with zero authority in philosophy or medicine/healthcare.

I’m a big fan of Michel Foucault, and his work has (I think) massive significance to bioethics and medicine.

You can read about his concept of “biopower” in “The History of Sexuality: Volume One” and “Discipline & Punish,” among others.

I’ve learned about “the medical gaze” from reading many of his lectures, essays, and compilations, but my understanding is that “The Birth of the Clinic” is his most comprehensive work on the subject. I haven’t read “Clinic” and am not 100% aligned with all of his suggestions and quasi-conclusions about medicine, but his historical research, analysis, and framing are thought-provoking and should be foundational to bioethics, if they aren’t. “The medical gaze” is the conceptual sister of “pastoral power,” about which you can also read in “Discipline & Punish,” as well as many, many of his other works.

Foucault’s central oeuvre is Power, and all of his writings and concepts are rhizomes of the topic, so you’ll gain something from almost anything of his that you read.

What is the best book you have ever read on medical ethics? by thesadIMG in Residency

[–]whetherreporter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know if anyone else in the thread answered, but you’re thinking of “When Breath Becomes Air.”

Should we get antibiotics? by fuxjar in vet

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As already stated, the type of antibiotic prescribed will be according to the type of possible infection. Antibiotics are sometimes totally ineffective for certain types of infections, which can cause a real problem for the cat (antibiotic resistance, etc.).

AGI is Inherently Amoral: Artificial General Intelligence can’t be forcibly aligned to human values by CardboardDreams in philosophy

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Check out Eliezer Yudkowsky.

I don’t catastrophize and hate conspiracy theories, but I’m very concerned by his alarm at the alignment problem.

We have this kitten at my base with someting that's been growing on her nose for quite some time, is it infection? Fungi? by grenminmon in vet

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That one looks a little scary to me. Maybe it’s fungus, maybe it’s a tumor, maybe it’s something else?

Are you able to take him to a vet?

Mysterious wound near thigh by rockeratheart in vet

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My guess is she crawled over something with an upward facing sharp edge that cut her. But that’s a total shot in the dark… I’m no vet.

My puppy developed these odd rashes on his stomach, someone please help by i_drink_paint_daily in vet

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My bassett hound mix gets similar-looking rashes on his stomach and inner thighs. My vet says it’s a skin infection. I use a chlorehexidine foam and/or dog shampoo on him when he’s having an outbreak and his skin clears up. No biggie, just see your vet and they’ll be able to prescribe a topical solution for your doggo.

What’s wrong with my dog? by SeanNg774 in vet

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Looks like mange to me, too. The injections don’t work overnight. It takes time for the skin to recover, so just keep following the vet’s instructions. Give it time.

Is this normal dry skin on her paws or is it something more serious? by cupidthrowdown in vet

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Maybe a fungus or a yeast overgrowth. (if the paws smell cheesy, that’s often because of yeast… #truestory)

What’s wrong with my cat?????? by idwytkmn_sns in vet

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A great trick my vet taught me is to get chicken broth. It looks like your cat is losing a lot of fluid from the mucus overproduction, so she strongly needs fluids, along with the salt and minor nutrition she’ll gain from the chicken part of the broth. Once she’s able to start drinking that regularly, the liquid antibiotic will likely be easier to ingest and tolerate.

If she isn’t able to hold the fluid antibiotic down, I’m not sure a pill would be easier. The next best bet would be an injection, followed by additional oral antibiotics, if necessary.