House MD and the professional guinea pig (via Humanities and Health)

A very interesting post with a poignant question to round it off: A must read for all concerned with health policies and the like. Whilst this post is not intended to be an answer to the question raised here, I must say that someday I intend to come back to it and write about it, especially since this is one of the areas I am interested in.

Meanwhile, head over to Humanities and Health and read this very thought provoking article.

A portrait of a woman with a distorted facial perspective. What’s wrong with it? Nothing actually, if the painter were aiming at imitating a Picasso or Braque cubism style. Unfortunately, that is not the case, as the painter is aiming at representing reality “as it is” -whatever that means- and, most of all, at selling his portrait to the woman and her husband. Who -it goes without saying- are not satisfied at all with the distorted proportions c … Read More

via Humanities and Health