David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The petition provides its own justification, but you can also read this accompanying paper in the Lancet bit.ly/473zqPQ and its extensive citations of supporting evidence bit.ly/4oINrZkbit.lyBreak the selective silence on the genocide in GazaSubstantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths... 000
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The target audience for the petition is organizations like the American Medical Association, which has made statements about Ukraine but not Gaza. @ama-assn.org 100
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 19/08/2025I encourage you to sign this petition urging professional and academic associations to publicly recognize the genocide in Gaza. For “researchers, academics, and professionals” sign here: bit.ly/4mHjzei For "the general public" sign here: bit.ly/46Z13tj 210
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comMore than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in GazaA joint statement warns that their colleagues and the people they serve in Gaza are "wasting away" and urges governments to take action. 010
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comGaza: UK and 27 other nations condemn Israel over civilian sufferingIsrael rejects a joint statement which says the suffering of civilians has "reached new depths". 000
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 23/07/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...nytimes.comOpinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. 000
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 16/04/2025It will always be hilarious to me that RFK Jr. chose MAHA as the acronym for his "movement." Maybe if he had any medical training or experience at all, he'd realize that was already the acronym for a type of disease, so probably not the best name for a health movement. #MAHA #RFKJr 000
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 16/02/2025uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #MedSky #HMSky @societyhospmed.bsky.social 031
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Of course, it'd be a lot funnier if it weren't so incredibly cruel and harmful. 000
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The funniest thing about this executive order defining everyone as female is that Trump's team tried so hard to find something that universally distinguishes male from female, but in failing to do so, they basically proved that sex isn't strictly binary. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comSarah McBride laughs off Trump’s anti-trans executive orderThe first openly transgender member of Congress mocked Trump’s executive order 110
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Please also consider sharing this post so that we can crowdsource even more widely! 040
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The University of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board has determined that this study does not constitute human subjects research. You can view the IRB exemption certificate here: drive.google.com/file/d/1_-FV...drive.google.comIRB exemption for AMA discharge form study.pdf 160
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024PDFs, scanned images, screenshots, and even cell phone photos are all acceptable, as long as they contain the entire form and are readable. We will not publish your institution’s form directly, and we will keep your identity and the identity of your institution anonymous. 120
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024The goal of the study is to characterize the components of such forms, examine their legal and ethical implications, and consider whether our current practices should be modified. 120
David Sterken @davidsterkenmd.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Fellow US healthcare workers, if your institution has staff use an official form when a patient discharges from the hospital “against medical advice,” please consider anonymously uploading a blank copy of that form to our research study: uwmadison.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #MedSky #HMSkyuwmadison.co1.qualtrics.comComponents of "against medical advice" hospital discharge formsDropbox for uploading your institution's "against medical advice" discharge form. 1157
