I don't think so. I think that that sort of reaction is more hardwired into our system rather than anything that's necessarily corporate.
On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I think it is all symptomatic of the same problem Dana. The rich and > corporatist America get taken care of. The rest of us get screwed. Welcome > to the fascist police state...if you are not rich or you are not a > corporation...you "das untermenschen" > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:dana.tier...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 9:06 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: social class determines results of medical tests > > > Here's one reason I'm having trouble getting worked up about a strip search. > I have been reading up on Anna Brown's case with a growing sense of outrage. > Discovering that Dick Cheney was diagnosed with the same condition just > makes it more special. > > http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/guest-commentary-dick-cheney-and-anna-b > rown/article_900161a6-9c8e-5b6d-b7fe-5770bdb2f8fe.html > > Since I've had this condition and still take coumadin for it, I appreciate > the significance of the ultrasound test. It means they actually correctly > suspected a DVT but failed to take the next diagnostic step. The fact that > the woman died means that the blood clot had already moved from her legs to > her lungs. This is a common and lethal complication of DVT. And they didn't > bother to look for it. Most likely the cost of a CAT scan was a factor, but > there's a blood test that is fairly effective as a screening tool. > > Since this condition is incredibly under-diagnosed it's not unusual to need > to keep going back to the ER, I think I had to go seven or eight times. So > this isn't simple racism -- it's also ignorance and poor medical protocols. > However. I feel the need to make the comparison. > > I went to the ER seven times and was diagnosed in time to save my life. And > by the way, they told me it was a close call. This woman goes back three > times and is ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING. > > The police say they thought she was a drug seeker. Even supposing she was, > as opposed to dying and desperate -- is that any reason to drag her into the > police station by her arms? > > The hospital said something about "complex social problems." OK sure, Anna > Brown had some of those. What killed her, though, was a medical system that > decided she wasn't worth doing a diagnostic scan that would have established > that she had a curable condition that could have been treated with a > prescription that retails for $9 a month at WalMart. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349467 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
