Category Archives: Health

File under “déformation professionnelle”

Posted on February 28, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

This is a note to myself. It’s from the report of the NDIS Citizen’s Jury Scorecard. However, in a way that speaks for itself, it may be of interest to Troppodillians. It’s an illustration of professional obfuscation and indifference to those in … Continue reading →

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Concept Split: Shockwaves!!!

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Nicholas Gruen

If Rex can give us his guide to Gravitational Waves – a very impressive performance I have to say, then I can dust off an old document from my days at the ANU law school – in the late 1980s. Concept Split: … Continue reading →

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Our ABC: some great Radio National listening

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Nicholas Gruen

I drove for the best part of 11 hours over the last few days giving a Do Lecture (would you believe?) which was fun. In any event I listened to some seriously great radio. Inside the drug court I was riveted by three … Continue reading →

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Why is Infant Mortality Higher in the US than in Europe? (Hint: it’s what you guessed it was)

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Nicholas Gruen

by Alice Chen, Emily Oster, Heidi Williams – #20525 (AG CH HC HE PE) Abstract: The US has a substantial – and poorly understood – infant mortality disadvantage relative to peer countries. We combine comprehensive micro-data on births and infant … Continue reading →

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Medical Marijuana Laws and Teen Marijuana Use

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Nicholas Gruen

Amazing that this is such a big deal, that we can administer morphine but not medical marijuana to alleviate pain. The paper is here. Abstract: While at least a dozen state legislatures in the United States have recently considered bills … Continue reading →

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Operation 2770: TACSI’s Family by Family expands to Mt Druitt

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Nicholas Gruen

(For the full 27 minute video from which this 6 minute video has been extracted, click here.) Family by Family about which you’ve heard before is spreading its wings. We’ve started in Mt Druitt where we’ve scoped the program investigating how it should … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Critique, Economics and public policy, Gender, Health, Media, Parenting, Philosophy, Political theory, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Who’s oppressing women? Royal baby edition

Posted on July 28, 2013 by Nicholas Gruen

I recall going to a lecture by Naomi Wolf at the Australian National Gallery in Canberra when she burst onto the scene as the author of The Beauty Myth which seemed to promise some new beginning after the sixties’ and seventies’ ‘second wave’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Health | 11 Comments