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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Reflection on Emotional Distancing and its Effects in the Medical Field and the Literature in the group American Studies: 4 years, 4 months ago
Throughout the semester, we have come to learn about a variety of injustices within our medical system. It is easy to appreciate the severity of these transgressions, but it is not as simple to understand what […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Evolution, Insecurity, & Bureaucracy in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
In the novel, Zone One, Colson Whitehead confronts readers with uncommonly employed language and references. Many of the words and allusions Whitehead confronts readers with are “esoteric” in nature— or “inte […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Personal Experiences with Ethical International Health Practices in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
When I saw a publication by Irmgard Bauer titled “More Harm Than Good? The Questionable Ethics of Medical Volunteering and International Student Placements” posted on Canvas, I was both interested (and a bit a […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Stockholm Syndrome in the Literature: A Technique of Questioning Our Own Morality in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
As you may know from life experience, people can bond over stressful situations: from being in a hard class to being on the same sports team, shared struggles often serve as a catalyst for the formation of […]
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Nina Mustico edited the blog post (Un)Informed Consent: Examples & Consequences in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Written by: Katie Barry, Zach DeGraff, Matty Jackson, Courtney Lyon, Nina Mustico, Emily Vesperman
The topic of informed consent versus uninformed consent is repeatedly brought up throughout Clay’s Ark, w […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Bacteria and Books: An Analogy of Antibiotic Resistance in the Literature in the group American Studies: 4 years, 5 months ago
Literature by Octavia Butler is quite digestible in terms of
its format and the language it employs; however, as we have discussed in class,
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Nina Mustico edited the blog post Mistakes & Medicine: How to Prevent and Address Medical Errors in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
Making mistakes is a part of being human, but what happens when one is never given the opportunity to try (and occasionally fail) at life’s challenges? Shielding people may temporarily spare them from d […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Ichor: A Physical and Figurative Marker of Infection in the Human Body and in the Literature in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
In the novel Zulus, we read from chapter A-Z instead of the customary 1-26; this is one of many conventions Percival Everett breaks in his writing. He uses this technique as an opportunity to provide various […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post The Limitation of Reproductive Rights by Governmental Entities in the group American Studies: 4 years, 6 months ago
In the fictional dystopia created by Percival Everett, fertility is a hot commodity, and nobody has it… except for Alice Achitophel. However, Alice’s capacity to bear children is not a superpower, but rather an […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Imposter Syndrome and Its Invisible Grasp on Medical Students in the group American Studies: 4 years, 7 months ago
Imagine both helping to bring one of modern medicine’s most fundamental procedures to America and preventing an epidemic. Now, imagine doing all this and not receiving credit for it. In our world ruled by co […]
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Nina Mustico wrote a new blog post Pseudoscience and Medicine: The Spread of False Information via Public Forums in the group American Studies: 4 years, 7 months ago
When I first enrolled in a class called Literature, Medicine, and Racism, I fully expected to be shocked by the material and situations we would encounter. I quickly found that I was not wrong in this assumption, […]
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Nina Mustico joined the group American Studies 4 years, 8 months ago
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Nina Mustico became a registered member 4 years, 8 months ago