It is now illegal for pediatricians in Florida to ask a parent if they have guns in the home:
In June, Gov. Rick Scott signed a law barring Florida doctors from routinely asking patients if they own a gun. The law also authorizes patients to report doctors for “unnecessarily harassing” them about gun ownership and makes it illegal to routinely document firearm ownership information in a patient’s medical record. Other state legislatures have considered similar proposals, but Florida is the first to enact such a law.
These kinds of questions, and other questions getting at the situation at home, are absolutely vital to understand a person’s health. I always asked this question. And because I was their pediatrician with whom they trusted their child’s life, the answers I got amazed me. But, now, not in Florida.
This is what happens when we let legislators dictate the practice of medicine.
campaign to stop domestic violence in China
Super awesome video from Charity: Water. Really well done too.
I turned the side of an abandoned house in my neighborhood into a giant chalkboard where residents can fill in the blank and remember what is important to them in life. It’s also about turning a neglected space into a constructive one where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us. It turns out this entire process has been a great lesson, experience, and project in itself – more on that later. If you’re in New Orleans, stop by the corner of Marigny and Burgundy (900 Marigny St) to add your thoughts to the wall and see what matters most to your neighbors. The responses and stories from passers-by while we were installing it have already hit me hard in the heart.
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Check out the wall of responses after one day!… Photo strip here!
Ariane Bauernfeind, operational coordinator for MSF projects in South Africa, Malawi, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe.
Help us send a message to the European Commission to keep their HANDS OFF OUR MEDICINE!
(via doctorswithoutborders)
We’ve gotta have our bottled water don’t we?
The London Transport Museum, which hosts one of the world’s most important collections of graphic art, asked illustrators to draw the links between cycling in the capital, environment issues, health and fun. Fifty of the 1,000-plus entries are now on display at the museum, in London’s Covent Garden, until 22 August
