Reflections on rights and hospital care
We see a family in crisis having to deal with commodification of health care. We see a system where health care is a business transaction between the patient and the health care provider.
My Sexy Conversations with Fr Rene
Fr Rene Ocampo never fails to amaze me because I had the most intimate conversation with him on issues that the Roman Catholic Church was and has been sensitive about: sex and gender equality.
Should doctors be apolitical?
A lot of times, I hear certain people say that they would never want to be political. They abhor political discourses even if the issue at hand affects them. But of course, they would definitely welcome the benefits when issues are won.
Climate change a result of militarism and neoliberalism
The main drivers of climate change according to Figura et al are militarism, unsustainable production, distribution and consumption, and what they term as environmental classism.
Something about Ting
(This is a tribute piece by Dr. Lindo for Dr. Jose "Ting" Tiongco, known as the father of health cooperatives, chief executive of the Medical Mission Group Hospitals and Health Services…