Medicine Archives

Should We Pay People to Donate Their Kidneys?

Our supply problem would supposedly be fixed—and we could save money overall—by paying people up to $10,000 to donate a kidney, but are we ready for a society where the disadvantaged are a source of replacement parts for those with means?

Sumit Mohan

Social Justice

Obama Just Announced the Next Big Thing in Medicine, but Will the FDA Kill It?

By imposing burdensome regulations on genetic testing, the FDA will put small, innovative players out of business and leave the field to "large commercial entities" with near-monopoly power and few incentives to keep up with the latest science.

Michael White

Social Justice

Doctors Are Not Prescribing the Right Kind of Drugs for the Flu

If you come down with the flu, your doctor is more likely than not to write out a prescription for the wrong type of drug.

John Upton

Social Justice

Nancy Scheper-Hughes Responds to Our Profile, ‘The Organ Detective’

The chair of the doctoral program in medical anthropology at the University of California-Berkeley was written about in the July/August issue of Pacific Standard.

Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Social Justice

Why Ebola Is Winning

In the fight against the latest Ebola outbreak, underfunded medical workers in West Africa are logistically outmanned.

John Upton

Social Justice

The Decline of the Physical Exam in Modern Medicine

Doctors today are too uncomfortable with uncertainty.

Sandeep Jauhar

Economics

Editor’s Letter: Your Medical Issue

Introducing the July/August 2014 Issue of Pacific Standard.

Maria Streshinsky

Social Justice

‘House’ Fans Are Scared of the Wrong Diseases

People who watch medical dramas like Grey’s Anatomy and House are more likely than non-watchers to be fatalistic about cancer and to underestimate the importance of chronic illnesses.

Bettina Chang