Reading for Battle
Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Health & Well-being
The 11 workers who admitted a campaign of cruelty, neglect and abuse against vulnerable patients in a care home from hell Read
Almost a dozen care staff played a part in the attacks at Winterbourne View in Bristol.
Daily Mail, 6 August 2012
Almost a dozen care staff played a part in the attacks at Winterbourne View in Bristol.
Daily Mail, 6 August 2012
Alcohol, crime, and the government fiddling the figures
The government is, once again, taking us for fools. Using the usual misinformation, it's trying to tell us what to drink and how to live our lives
David Atherton, The Commentator, 30 July 2012
The government is, once again, taking us for fools. Using the usual misinformation, it's trying to tell us what to drink and how to live our lives
David Atherton, The Commentator, 30 July 2012
The smoking ban shows the best way to deal with addiction
It's key to understand that some addicts have a deep emotional connection to smoking
Laurie Penny, Independent, 1 July 2012
It's key to understand that some addicts have a deep emotional connection to smoking
Laurie Penny, Independent, 1 July 2012
Tougher alcohol marketing rules 'may be needed'
Tougher rules on alcohol marketing may be needed, including possibly a ban on sports sponsorship, MPs say.
Nick Triggle, BBC News, 19 June 2012
Tougher rules on alcohol marketing may be needed, including possibly a ban on sports sponsorship, MPs say.
Nick Triggle, BBC News, 19 June 2012
Paying for Labors of Love
Arlie Russell Hochschild’s look at how we meet some of our most personal needs with the aid of paid strangers doesn’t try to be exhaustive; goes light on figures and statistics; and, when itemizing the most outrageous advances in the market for love and care, never lapses into that magazine journalist’s tone of wry amusement.
Judith Shulevitz, New York Times, 25 May 2012
Arlie Russell Hochschild’s look at how we meet some of our most personal needs with the aid of paid strangers doesn’t try to be exhaustive; goes light on figures and statistics; and, when itemizing the most outrageous advances in the market for love and care, never lapses into that magazine journalist’s tone of wry amusement.
Judith Shulevitz, New York Times, 25 May 2012
How nursing should tackle its image problem
Professionals should work together to respond to the challenge of delivering care in a time of growing demands
Ann Gallagher, Guardian, 10 May 2012
Professionals should work together to respond to the challenge of delivering care in a time of growing demands
Ann Gallagher, Guardian, 10 May 2012
Vatican Radio tackles organ harvesting in light of questionable ‘brain death’ criterion
The controversy surrounding the questionable criterion of ‘brain death’ used to determine when life-support devices are turned off in preparation for organ harvesting was addressed in a May 8 interview with Dr. David Albert Jones on Vatican Radio.
Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews, 9 May 2012
The controversy surrounding the questionable criterion of ‘brain death’ used to determine when life-support devices are turned off in preparation for organ harvesting was addressed in a May 8 interview with Dr. David Albert Jones on Vatican Radio.
Thaddeus Baklinski, LifeSiteNews, 9 May 2012
What’s really behind the crisis in caring?
Last night’s BBC Panorama showed how grim some care homes are. But more bureaucratic monitoring is not the solution.
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, spiked, 24 April 2012
Last night’s BBC Panorama showed how grim some care homes are. But more bureaucratic monitoring is not the solution.
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, spiked, 24 April 2012
Why ‘choice’ matters
When we talk about pregnancy termination, the language of ‘choice’ is not helpful; abortion is not a choice but a necessity.
Ann Furedi, Abortion Review, 23 April 2012
When we talk about pregnancy termination, the language of ‘choice’ is not helpful; abortion is not a choice but a necessity.
Ann Furedi, Abortion Review, 23 April 2012
Anne Milton: 'We need to raise the bar'
The Public Health minister used to be a nurse herself. To conclude the Independent's series on "A crisis in nursing", Christina Patterson challenged her for a candid view of her former profession
Christina Patterson, Independent, 14 April 2012
The Public Health minister used to be a nurse herself. To conclude the Independent's series on "A crisis in nursing", Christina Patterson challenged her for a candid view of her former profession
Christina Patterson, Independent, 14 April 2012
What's the point of the social sciences?
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Professor Marilyn Monk, emeritus professor of molecular embryology, University College London
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