http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com The Health Culture and Society Club of Lewis & Clark College Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:51:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A long, long time ago I made an old school website (don't know how long it will be up) for HCSC, and our awesome LC alum Joey Alsberge wrote a book review for Unhealthy Health Policy. I encourage you to check the book out, and also consider writing a book ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2008/10/unhealthy-health-policy/ | View | Upload your own Hi Everyone, I know no one posted much this last semester, but I decided I wanted to try to get this HCSC site going again. This slide show was my final project for a photo journalism study that I did while studying in Havana, Cuba ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2008/06/photo-journalism-project-cuban-socialized-medicine/ I first thought of becoming a doctor when I was fifteen. To be honest, I don’t think I really knew what that would entail until pretty recently. But most alarming was my lack of knowledge about how to go about the process of getting into medical school. At Lewis ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2007/11/my-thoughts-on-applying-to-medical-school/ Photo by Isaac Holeman One of the reasons we switched the HCSC site to a blog format is so everyone could share stories while they are abroad. Right now I'm studying in Havana, Cuba. My program here revolves around learning Spanish, exploring Cuban culture academically and as a participant, and ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2007/10/vale-la-penaits-worth-it-reflections-from-cuba-2/ This group allows for students on the Lewis and Clark College campus to provide important information to the community about issues that are affecting areas throughout the continent of Africa. Its current focus is the war that has been taking place in northern Uganda for the past twenty years between ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2007/08/african-awareness-group/ <a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img title="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" src="http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n93/drnadine/U4D_EN.jpg" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket" align="middle" /></a> The Unite for Diabetes Group at LC works to raise world-wide awareness about a new campaign sponsored by the International Diabetes Federation called "Unite for Diabetes." The aim of ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2007/08/unite-for-diabetes/ The Archimedes Movement began this January 2006, intent on hearing the voices of Oregonians and helping them create a new vision for a better health care system. We know there is a smarter way to spend public health care dollars, and are not too afraid to leave our past behind ... http://healthcultureandsociety.nfshost.com/2007/08/so-long/