On believing that time does not flow, but thinking that it seems to

What does it provide to patients that others do not?

Sir, I wish to add a few comments to the article " Prospective one-year treatment outcomes of tortured refugees: a psychiatric approach " by J David Kinzie et al., published in the latest issue of TORTURE. The article covers a worthwhile subject in need of attention. The theme is significant with regards to refugee community health and the development of resiliency in torture survivors. As the ...

Ethics takes time, but not that long

BACKGROUND Time and communication are important aspects of the medical consultation. Physician behavior in real-life pediatric consultations in relation to ethical practice, such as informed consent (provision of information, understanding), respect for integrity and patient autonomy (decision-making), has not been subjected to thorough empirical investigation. Such investigations are important...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Faculty burnout: Does anyone think of that?

Background: Job burnout is one of the factors that decrease the productivity of university faculty members. This is important for teachers who are a critical element of the educational system. Failure to pay attention to environmental and organizational factors as well as psychological and personality traits in professors will lead to adverse effects on their mental health, inc...

Fodor's gloom or What does it mean that dualism seems true?

Any time you have philosophers working on a problem, you know you’ve got troubles. If a question has attracted the attention of the philosophers that means that either it is intractably difficult with convolutions and labyrinthine difficulties that would make other researchers blanch, or that it is just flat out impossible to solve. Impossible problems masquerade as intractable problems until s...