 Is Medical Debt a Social Determinant of Health?Vikrant Bhatnagar - Medical Debt has largely been viewed as a financial burden. While studies have linked Medical Debt to decreased savings, reduced health access, foreclosure of homes, and loss of income, there has been little to no research exploring Medical Debt’s effect as a... Keep Reading »
 Learning to Love the Absolute Other in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney and Michael LongleyMadeleine A. Gallo - Innocent lamb, savage tiger, free-flying eagle – time after time animals interrupt poetry as the ideal, the muse, the hero, or the grotesque operating alongside humanity. In tracking animal imagery throughout contemporary Irish poetry, we may run the risk of... Keep Reading »
 Can the Value Proposition Work in Health Care?Frederick J. White - The value proposition in the commercial setting is the functional relationship of quality and price. It is held to be a utility maximizing function of the relationship between buyer and seller. Its proponents assert that translation of the value proposition into the... Keep Reading »
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A State of Illegitimacy: The Dynamics of Criminal and State Legitimacy in MexicoBenjamin J. Mackey - The following paper seeks to elucidate the complex processes involved in the Mexican State’s loss of authority and the subsequent acquisition of this authority by armed criminal groups operating in that country. In theoretical terms, this authority is termed... Keep Reading »
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Differences in Ethical Decision-Making and Reward Responsiveness in Individuals with Anxiety and DepressionGeorge Bate - This study aimed to determine if anxiety and depression in individuals are related to deontological ethical decisions, with particular emphasis on the role of reward responsiveness as an underlying principle mediating any differences. Despite some studies indicating... Keep Reading »
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