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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 10th November 2011, 05:45 AM
Replies: 181
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Posted By Sawbones79
Dis you happen to read those plays through to the...

Dis you happen to read those plays through to the end? Potential spoiler: If a bunch of guys camouflaged with trees and bushes come marching towards your desk, just cut your losses, log out and run.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 8th November 2011, 11:21 PM
Replies: 181
Views: 13,013
Posted By Sawbones79
195 productions? Lucky you... May I ask which one...

195 productions? Lucky you... May I ask which one that's been your favourite so far?
Forum: USA Politics 8th November 2011, 11:18 PM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Very similar to here, then. One major issue in...

Very similar to here, then. One major issue in Sweden is that the number of IVF attempts vary from one county council to another, due to differences in economics.
BTW I'm in full agreement with you...
Forum: USA Politics 7th November 2011, 05:09 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Sorry for the late answer to this post, but from...

Sorry for the late answer to this post, but from those you mention, only the nose job is purely cosmetic in nature. Gastric bypass highly lengthen life expectancy and quality of life, and both...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd November 2011, 11:27 PM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Actually, the importance of high-quality trauma...

Actually, the importance of high-quality trauma care for survival rates was first ascertained in the US, resulting in the ATLS system. Also, trauma (and suicide) are the leading ccauses of death in...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd November 2011, 06:55 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Tons of good points from both sides, thanks for...

Tons of good points from both sides, thanks for making me learn stuff, girls and guys. To sum it up so far, it seems difficult to separate an aversion to UHC from a general scepticism towards a large...
Forum: USA Politics 1st November 2011, 01:26 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
That's kind of the point of having doctors. For...

That's kind of the point of having doctors. For the most part, we're rather capable of deducing from a clinical examination what further testing is reasonable. A doctor is not a salesman and a...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 31st October 2011, 03:14 AM
Replies: 238
Views: 14,246
Posted By Sawbones79
Are you claiming synchronicity because a movie...

Are you claiming synchronicity because a movie with a tenous link to this thread is shown in an obscure TV channel?
EDIT: Ooops, for some reason I read your post as being from the OP, and seriously...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 31st October 2011, 03:12 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 13,013
Posted By Sawbones79
I've been to both kinds of performance, and I...

I've been to both kinds of performance, and I think the "Shakespeare read as poetry" has its charm too, though I won't disagree on a well-directed play being a lot nicer in the long run.
Forum: USA Politics 31st October 2011, 03:07 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Just saw this. Though I believe we hold quite...

Just saw this. Though I believe we hold quite opposing views on UHC, you have a point on extensive check-ups occasionally leading to overuse of diagnostic tools or unnecessary worries for the...
Forum: USA Politics 31st October 2011, 03:01 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Very good points on screening procedures. The ad...

Very good points on screening procedures. The ad from "Scrubs" springs to mind: "YOU could already be dying- do a full body scan at Sacred Heart".
Forum: Computers and the Internet 28th October 2011, 02:20 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 5,572
Posted By Sawbones79
Wink Yep, me planning a great "speak out against...

Yep, me planning a great "speak out against social networks online" campaign kind of petered out after I realised the best place to inform everyone about it :).
Forum: USA Politics 27th October 2011, 05:40 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
If that's indeed what's meant by "skill cannot be...

If that's indeed what's meant by "skill cannot be shared", it sounds a bit Ayn Rand to me, since she touted the idea that any kind of progress or success is dependent on a few übermensch (or doers,...
Forum: USA Politics 27th October 2011, 05:22 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
How do you mean skill cannot be shared? Last time...

How do you mean skill cannot be shared? Last time I checked, about five or six people (in a population of 9 million) in Sweden shared the position of "coagulopathy expert on call", a competence...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 27th October 2011, 05:13 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 5,572
Posted By Sawbones79
I'm probably the only one in my circle of...

I'm probably the only one in my circle of friends, relatives and "buddies" who don't have a facebook account. To me FB seems just like another way to have a large number of very shallow social...
Forum: USA Politics 27th October 2011, 04:53 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
...centralized treatment strategies based on...

...centralized treatment strategies based on large studies rather than local "agreements" with the medical industries, exchanges of complicated cases to pool expertise at highly specialised clinics,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th October 2011, 04:49 AM
Replies: 238
Views: 14,246
Posted By Sawbones79
This is my experience also. Stockman, since...

This is my experience also.
Stockman, since the undecipherability (sp?) of your posts have been pointed out very well by others, may I ask why you start with a thread asking to be believed and...
Forum: USA Politics 27th October 2011, 03:59 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
That's a very informative list, thanks. We're...

That's a very informative list, thanks. We're having a small controversy in Sweden right now due to "hidden" immigrants (i.e. illegal immigrants) recieving the right to free treatment regardless of...
Forum: USA Politics 27th October 2011, 01:55 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
AFAIK patients demanding hospital care get billed...

AFAIK patients demanding hospital care get billed from us (or their national health care services, in most cases). On case that leaps to mind was an unexpected delivery who got a huge invoice due to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 25th October 2011, 12:28 AM
Replies: 151
Views: 14,657
Posted By Sawbones79
Saw a great onte this morning when I went out to...

Saw a great onte this morning when I went out to get the papers. Unfortunately, I was far to cold in my pyjamas to go out into the nearby fields and get away from the streetlights.
Forum: USA Politics 25th October 2011, 12:25 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
That's an interesting point. For an outsider,...

That's an interesting point. For an outsider, however, one repeating feature of those of whom you speak seem to be assertions of how the US was great but is now being destroyed by the socialists, teh...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th October 2011, 02:46 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 8,691
Posted By Sawbones79
I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for the...

I just wanted to pop in and say thank you for the excellent presentations of "paleontology for dummies" that result from JBs YEC spam threads. Now THAT'S making crap into diamonds, I'm learning a lot...
Forum: USA Politics 19th October 2011, 02:36 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Around here, most hospitals and smaller clinics...

Around here, most hospitals and smaller clinics are state-run, but an increasing number are corporate-driven but tax-financed. We actually have a lot of debate about whether corporation should be...
Forum: USA Politics 15th October 2011, 12:14 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
So many good posts to ponder, but this caught my...

So many good posts to ponder, but this caught my eye, 'cause there is a point here. The hospitals I've worked in DO have an eastern bloc feeling about them, with old buildings, ER waiting rooms...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 10:29 PM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Yet more food for thought on a subject I'm rather...

Yet more food for thought on a subject I'm rather ignorant about, thanks! I'd always thought the "american way" thinking was the main stumbling block for UHC, and the reproductive health issues to be...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 07:45 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
...or drive cars, walk on slippery surfaces,...

...or drive cars, walk on slippery surfaces, marry abusive husbands, get born with bad genes and so on and so forth. I get upset at work when I meet people demanding treatment but doing nothing in...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 06:30 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Lots of points there I hadn't thought about. Of...

Lots of points there I hadn't thought about. Of course, with socialized health care comes the problem of different hospitals considering different procedures to be cost-effective. For example, my...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 06:14 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Great example on the PSA, and an example where...

Great example on the PSA, and an example where expert panels are highly useful. A couple of years ago, PSA was closed to being used as a screening procedure, but should now only be used as a...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 06:04 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
What vital treatments can not be provided by...

What vital treatments can not be provided by state run health care? In my experience, those who get the short end of the stick in our system tend to be those who can achieve a small but noticable...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th October 2011, 05:56 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,151
Posted By Sawbones79
Since the word "artery" stems from the belief...

Since the word "artery" stems from the belief that they were believed to carry air, due to being found empty at autopsies in ancient Greece, I'd doubt the accuracy of any "cause of death" statement...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 05:52 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
This might be silly question, but would you...

This might be silly question, but would you consider the "expensive for what you get" health care you describe here to be caused by large profit margins, ineffectivity, excessive use of expensive...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 04:01 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
You're not being snarky at all, and input like...

You're not being snarky at all, and input like this is why I started the thread.
There's lots of beaurocracy in Swedish health care, to be sure, but basically none of it is handled at patient...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 02:51 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Sounds quite similar to here, then. However,...

Sounds quite similar to here, then. However, those I know of with private insurance mostly seem to get them through their jobs (professional athletes for example).
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 02:17 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Ooops, our cover is blown. I'd better get on the...

Ooops, our cover is blown. I'd better get on the phone with our star infiltrator (code name "Birth Certificate") and get him out of there ASAP. ;)

On a more serious note, I think that there's a...
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 01:59 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
I can understand (though not agree with) both...

I can understand (though not agree with) both those points. However, those patients of mine who also have private health care insurances seem to gain some advantage from them (faster access to...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th October 2011, 01:52 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,151
Posted By Sawbones79
:confused: Interesting. If this evil modern...

:confused:

Interesting. If this evil modern world hadn't invented sunlight, we'd shiver happily in the dark since we at least wouldn't have those nasty skin cancers.
Forum: USA Politics 13th October 2011, 01:23 AM
Replies: 943
Views: 40,177
Posted By Sawbones79
Socialised health care: Why is it scary?

Having read through a number of "libertarian" threads around here, I'm puzzled at the horror an vehemence some posters exhibit towards "socialised", i.e. tax-financed and/or state-managed health...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th October 2011, 01:05 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 7,151
Posted By Sawbones79
This. A lot of malign tumours can be fairly...

This. A lot of malign tumours can be fairly silent until they methastazise (sp?), so in ancient times most of them would probably only be described as "wasting away".
Also, without modern medicine,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th September 2011, 05:03 AM
Replies: 957
Views: 46,066
Posted By Sawbones79
A quick google gave me some rough numbers: ...

A quick google gave me some rough numbers:
Psychiatric diseases make up about 25% of serious ilnesses in Sweden (55% amongst the age group of 45 years and below). (Source: Socialstyrelsen).
The...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd September 2011, 06:22 AM
Replies: 82
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Posted By Sawbones79
Even if this is true, it has no bearing...

Even if this is true, it has no bearing whatsoever on the existence of supernatural entities.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 21st September 2011, 01:44 AM
Replies: 181
Views: 13,013
Posted By Sawbones79
Me too. Sure, I might miss out on half of his...

Me too. Sure, I might miss out on half of his point if not reading an edition with helpful notes, but there's no mistaking the vibrancy of the writing. I once tried a swedish translation of "A...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 19th September 2011, 06:15 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,949
Posted By Sawbones79
I always thought dice touching each other (like...

I always thought dice touching each other (like dice on the floor) were always re-rolled?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th September 2011, 06:14 AM
Replies: 990
Views: 43,125
Posted By Sawbones79
Thanks. Does it write like this?

Thanks. Does it write like this?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 19th September 2011, 02:46 AM
Replies: 990
Views: 43,125
Posted By Sawbones79
Dammit, two days away from JREF and when I come...

Dammit, two days away from JREF and when I come back it's all.. changed. It's like starting a new season of Buffy and having to get to grips with another main villain, time and time again.
Anyone...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 15th September 2011, 05:43 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,949
Posted By Sawbones79
Well, night shift at the ER is quite close to a...

Well, night shift at the ER is quite close to a random encounter table :boxedin:.
And "Firetop Mountain...", what a delightful wave of nostalgia that brought on. To me it was like a light...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th September 2011, 05:10 AM
Replies: 990
Views: 43,125
Posted By Sawbones79
Novest, take notice. I challenge you again to...

Novest, take notice. I challenge you again to actually answer this point (which has been repeated to you endlessly since page one of this quivering, wretched miscarriage of a thread that you brought...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 14th September 2011, 10:52 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 5,949
Posted By Sawbones79
Ouch, thanks. Note to self: Do not post while...

Ouch, thanks. Note to self: Do not post while working. I wonder what I wrote in the patient journal I was updating while posting that?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th September 2011, 10:50 PM
Replies: 100
Views: 3,746
Posted By Sawbones79
Could I borrow your uncle? He sounds frickin'...

Could I borrow your uncle? He sounds frickin' awesome!
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th September 2011, 10:48 PM
Replies: 990
Views: 43,125
Posted By Sawbones79
That's why I tried to keep to a coherent...

That's why I tried to keep to a coherent discussion restricted to quotes of yours. I actually found the subject (religion and its effects on for example our calendar) interesting, but as I said...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th September 2011, 06:10 AM
Replies: 100
Views: 3,746
Posted By Sawbones79
What about us who are children of long-haired,...

What about us who are children of long-haired, left-wing Zeppelin listerners? I'd probably only rate as a paternal half breed hippy, but considering how I feel about my work at the moment, a couple...
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