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The Politics of Palliative Care
By Judie Brown Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) has taken it upon herself to interfere in the care of those who are approaching life’s end. Her legislative proposal (S 2243) was introduced in July. Known as the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act, it is designed to fund an increase in the facilities and staff of medical schools. The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative...
Population Research – Fred Pearce
Counting DownFred PearceNew Scientist Magazine Only 12 years have passed since we hit the 5-billion mark, so the event has been greeted with portentous warnings of a “population time bomb” and a “demographic disaster”. But delve behind the...
Population Research – Roberta Friedman
Sea Water to DrinkRoberta FriedmanTechnology Review, August/September 1989 As drought continues to threaten may regions, seawater is becoming a reasonable solution to the dearth of potable water. Once an exotic process limited to desert settlements and expensive...
Population Research – Ron Brunton
The End of the Population Explosion?Ron BruntonInstitute of Public Affairs [Australia] One of the best reasons for ignoring the doomsayers is their spectacular record of failed predictions, which shows that they really don’t understand how the world really...
Population Research – Economically Viable Alternative Green
Is World Population Really a Problem?Economically Viable Alternative GreenAustralia Despite cries of doom and gloom from perpetrators of the myth of too many it is becoming increasingly obvious that the real difficulty faced by humanity and the environment will be the...
Population Research – Nicholas Eberstadt
The World Population CrisisNicholas EberstadtFormer research fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation “With respect to fertility, there are issues attendant to the sub-replacement fertility levels that now characterize nearly half the planet’s populace (e.g. how to...
Population Research – Anthony Browne and Richard Reeves
Just 500 Japanese.An empty Europe.The world dying out.Anthony Browne and Richard ReevesThe Guardian & The Observer [U.K.] Even as the six billionth human is born, it’s time to forget fears about the world being overpopulated. By the end of the next...