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Labor trends to watch in 2024: A U.S. economic outlook and sector play-by-play

Work Life

Construction and utilities: building the future Construction Strong growth is in the cards for the domestic construction sector next year. construction spending hit a more than $2 billion record-high. Meanwhile, job growth slowed in October, in part due to the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike.

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Toxic Interactions: Social Circumstances and Well-Being

Mad in America

There is continuing discrimination in the workplace and in healthcare settings. It is tempting to suggest that the pharmaceutical industry and others that feed off their profits have been on to this for some time, but they exploit it as marketing rather than open, constructive research.

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The Dangers of Precision Medicine: Mental Health Is Not a Battlefield

Mad in America

By blurring the lines between the literal and figurative, battlefield metaphors do more than explain similarities, they also construct them. As Dhruv Khullar observes, terms like ‘fighting’ or ‘battling’ tend to create a perception of health as adversarial, setting a confrontational tone.

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How Great Leaders Help Employees Connect to Purpose

Great Place to Work

At Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a Bell Ringing ceremony is held to celebrate important milestones in the development of treatment of diseases. At Jackson Healthcare , employees are asked on their first day at the company about the kinds of service that would be most rewarding for them.

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Part 4: Neurodiversity: New Paradigm, or Trojan Horse?

Mad in America

This hunt for medical confirmation tends to be accompanied by a consumerist perspective on healthcare which sees the acquisition of the desired diagnosis as a right, not an expert opinion that may or may not be deemed applicable in a given case. The consequences for assessment and therapy were described in Part 3.

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Introducing the SUCCESS 125

Success

Through the four businesses she has founded, which span strategic services, design, construction and events, Burgess helps solve problems for good and create spaces and events that make you feel happy. His community programs have focused on improving the lives of the homeless community and individuals struggling with substance use disorder.