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Month: June 2021

In the Event of an Emergency: A Growing Pushback over ER Services

In the Event of an Emergency: A Growing Pushback over ER Services

June 9, 2021 There is a film shot off the shores of Ireland involving a hapless fisherman played by the well-known Irish actor, Colin Farrell. He’s out trawling one day, having little luck, when suddenly his nets haul in an unexpected catch: an unconscious woman. He performs CPR and, to his disbelief, she’s not dead. She has survived some unknown odyssey in the depths of the sea. Is anyone thinking mermaid at this point? After reviving his strange new passenger,…

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Trouble in Paradise: When Staff Strife Gets Serious

Trouble in Paradise: When Staff Strife Gets Serious

June 2, 2021 One of Sylvester Stallone’s early movie roles was as a union organizer for FIST—a clever acronym for the fictitious Federation of Interstate Truckers. Meant as a rough allusion to the real-life Teamsters, the film portrays the early years of unionization in America, including all that went with it: violence by the owners, violence by the unions, and hard-nosed negotiations. In the end, Sly’s character morphs from a once idealistic champion of the little man to a jaded…

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