Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to John Armstrong,
I should stress that I am not claiming this scenario as truth, but thought that it was relevant to earlier discussions about power relations in this particular field of practice.
Interesting, thanks.
according to these doctors, the system collapsed when their colleagues no longer felt safe to disclose information about events that may have been avoided given different approaches
It's usually a matter of who controls the monitoring system. Current quality systems for sentinel events and suchlike are predicated on a no-fault approach as is most of what HDC does. Resistance to being potentially held accountable is a common thread in the story though, yes.
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Hard News: Auckland City Nights, in reply to BenWilson,
prefers the Japanese place there to St Lukes
And the Lynnmall one is probably better than St Lukes, if you're malling.
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Up Front: I'll Be in My Bunk, in reply to Deborah,
Money shot
Nice NZNTM reference, maam.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to Sacha,
Who gives a crap about economic philosophers?
Quite. Evidence of the results of following certain philosophies should count more. Like global market collapses, land price inflation, that sort of thing.
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Southerly: Tower Insurance Have Some Bad…, in reply to BenWilson,
Allocating resources economically is hardly a priority - this is about fairness, decency, and preventing the total economic destruction of a city.
The government have consistently pronounced that it's all about "preserving equity". By which they don't mean fairness.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
50 is the new 35 :)
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to DCBCauchi,
They're always looking for the agenda, trying to 'fit it into a pattern'. People don't read what's actually there. They read what they've already preconceived.
Don't be naive. No experience is context-free, and smart people recognise that.
If you turn up to a conversation about women's health and say something about "attitude" that many will hear as "it's all in your head", what reaction do you seriously expect? "Why that's so interesting, never heard that line before. Let me serve you scones and tea while you tell me all about it. Maybe we should ask a doctor what *he* thinks?"
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Today's Herald editorial refreshingly continues that retreat from free-markey lunacy.
If the Government leaves the supply of new land in private hands and lets demand drive up the price as far as it might, it is handing a windfall to private developers and sellers at public expense. It would do better to take on the temporary additional expense of buying land and building houses at values the evacuees could afford.
There is said to be plenty of suitable vacant land near Christchurch that could be made available through Housing New Zealand or the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority. The expense could be recovered from section sales and established communities could be relocated reasonably intact. Many of these residents have forged closer bonds from the ordeal they have shared and state a wish to move as a community. It would be good for the city's recovery if these people could be kept together.
The Government will be reluctant to interfere in a market more than is necessary but one intervention often requires another. Markets are ideal for allocating resources economically when they function freely. When the market is removed from one side of the supply and demand equation, it usually will not function properly on the other side.
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
One of the many fascinating qualities of Mad Men was the depiction of pregnancy and birth, 60's style
Amazing episode. Mind you, many are..
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Hard News: Complaint and culture, in reply to B Jones,
There were other radical changes to our heath systems happening around the early 1990s
Maternity funding arangements still bear the marks of that market experiment.