CMAJ: Private rooms: A choice between infection and profit

media: The price of your soul: How the brain decides whether to 'sell out' (ethics/religion/money....)

"..."Our experiment found that the realm of the sacred – whether it's a strong religious belief, a national identity or a code of ethics – is a distinct cognitive process," says Gregory Berns, director of the Center for Neuropolicy at Emory University and lead author of the study. The results were published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Sacred values prompt greater activation of an area of the brain associated with rules-based, right-or-wrong thought processes, the study showed, as opposed to the regions linked to processing of costs-versus-benefits......"

Money, Marketing, and Ethics: Can They Work Together? (breast cancer)

National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship: Expense-Paid Training Opportunity on Oral Chemotherapy Adherence

Expense-Paid Training Opportunity on Oral Chemotherapy Adherence

The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the Oncology Nursing Society (ONS) and the Association of Oncology Social Work (AOSW) are pleased to host a Train-the-Trainer conference on cancer oral medication adherence at the NASW National Office in Washington, DC on Wednesday June 15, 2011. This one-day conference will provide attendees with the knowledge and skills necessary to train their colleagues in promoting adherence to cancer oral medication among patients and their family members. 30 people will be selected to participate in this one-day training, which will be led by social work, nursing and pharmacy professionals. Preference will be given to team applications. Expenses related to the conference (travel, lodging and meals) will be covered by NASW. In the 12 months following the conference, each attendee will be required to train at least 20 of his/her professional peers. Applications Due: Monday, April 25th . Click here to download the application materials.

Kuwaiti patients, Canadian care: Hospital executives seek revenue in foreign lands - The Globe and Mail

Be Smart Before You Donate BSB4uD (Cancer) - Comparing Non-Profits before you donate (see chart)

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  BSB4uD               ( Be Smart Before You Donate )

^So……. Always questions concerning donations? 

                       When it comes to donations, how much do you really know? 

Who do you believe, and why ?

How do you decide ?

Do you even care where you donate – if you donate?

Time or money or…..

Speaking of Trust:

Who gains?

What’s the priority?

Who loses?

Who leads?

Little, or nothing....... to gain /to lose?

Top down?  Bottom up?

^{It’s…….U}p to you to ask the right questions.  Be smart, it’s your right to ask -  your right to know.
    

Here’s a start – add your own

walk through this start of information - what you need or should  know & think about  but most likely don’t

Here’s the question:           I donate because.....

Have a look at the charts below to compare  ovarian cancer 
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