End of “don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Military Policy in Sight

Don’t Tell, Don’t Ask: Narrow Tailoring After Grutter and Gratz

Shock Treatment: Efficacy, Memory Loss, and Brain Damage – Psychiatry’s Don’t Look, Don’t Tell Policy

Electroshock treatment, termed electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) by psychiatrists, is the induction of an artificial grand mal seizure in an individual by passing electricity through the brain. This paper addresses three aspects of this practice – its efficacy, its most salient effect, memory loss, and brain damage. In examining these issues it becomes apparent that psychiatry’s policy has been t...

How Sexuality Information Impacts Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Gay Service Members

The repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy raises several questions and this article examines two of these: (1) Do gay/lesbian service members elicit personal discomfort in coworkers? and (2) Do gay/lesbian service members receive equitable administrative actions? Active duty Air Force office personnel (N = 181) reported their attitudes toward open service and responded to hypothetical scen...

Creation Stories: Stanley Hauerwas, Same-sex Marriage, and Narrative in Law and Theology

When I think about— members of my own staff who are incredibly committed, in monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together. When I think about— those soldiers or airmen or marines or— sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf— and yet, feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell is gone, because— they’re not able to— commit themselves in a marri...

Documentation do's and don'ts.

Do read the nurses’ notes on the patient before caring for him and before charting your care. Do have the patient’s name and hospital number on every sheet. Do use correct spelling, correct grammar, and concise phrases. Do make entries in consecutive order. Do write the complete date and time of each entry, using am/pm or military time. Do sign each entry using your professional signature. Do i...