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Iatrogenic ailments are those caused by physicians (e.g., infections caught in hospitals).(The Week ...)(influence of Jena Six case)(Brief article)
Iatrogenic ailments are those caused by physicians (e.g., infections caught in hospitals). We are now suffering from a plague of iatrogenic nooses, thanks to intense media coverage of an alleged hate crime in Jena, La. There, nooses hung from a schoolyard tree were supposed to have been a threat to black students. Since then, nooses have popped up hither and yon, including four in New York City (where cops said there had been no complaints about nooses for five years previously). Halloween displays have been ...
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