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Nathaniel Counts

  • Bioethics

    Personal Responsibility and the Procrastination Problem

    By Nathaniel Counts We have all been confronted with the procrastination problem in one form or another.  You have a paper due in a month, and you have two options.  You can either work on…

    Personal Responsibility and the Procrastination Problem

  • Public Health

    Toward an Epidemiological Definition of Community

    By Nathaniel Counts With the coordination and additional funding afforded by the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council and the Prevention and Public Health Fund under the Affordable Care Act, scholars may have…

    Toward an Epidemiological Definition of Community

  • Bioethics

    Economics, Morality, and End of Life Care (Part II)

    By Nathaniel Counts [Part I is here.] First, let us consider whether opting for end of life care is morally problematic on its own, without reference to its resource costs.  Certainly wanting to live longer…

    Economics, Morality, and End of Life Care (Part II)

  • Bioethics

    Economics, Morality, and End of Life Care

    By Nathaniel Counts Over a quarter of Medicare spending goes toward a patient’s last six months of life.  This monopolizes limited resources, both in the hospital and in the federal budget.  Much of the blame…

    Economics, Morality, and End of Life Care

  • Bioethics

    The Whitehall Studies and Human Rights

    By Nathaniel Counts Professor M. G. Marmot et al. conducted two studies, Whitehall I and Whitehall II, in which they studied morbidity and mortality in the British civil service sector in the 1960s and the…

    The Whitehall Studies and Human Rights

  • Disability

    Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders

    By Nathaniel Counts The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and related statutes and regulations creates a cause of action that allows children and young adults with disabilities to be able to participate equally…

    Disabilities and Behavioral Disorders