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EiJ Concept: Median Income

This essay explains the concept of "median income" and provides resources for teaching it in various contexts.

Reading Data Sets

Digital collection of annotated data sets.

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Nuclear Emergency Response: Atomic Priests or an International SWAT Team?

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Who are the authors, where do they work, and what are their areas of expertise? How is the author professionally situated in respect to emergency response? Note any other publications/research foci that are of relevance to the DSTS Network.

The author states a background in STS studies, futher work with organization, disasters, and sociocultural risk studies.

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EMTs turn in NYPD officers who beat handcuffed patient

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What three points, details or references from the article did you follow up on to advance your understanding of the issues and actors described in the article?

I looked up other cases of EMTs having to intervene with police, typical ways police help on medical calls, and how police are trained to deal with being spit on.

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Partners In Health

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What events (internal and external) or data have had a significant impact on the evolution of the organization?

They started in 1987, and since then have been helping with one crisis after the other. Tuberculosis in 1989, womens health, HIV, and many others. They expanded and learned with each project.