Monday, 17 October 2011

Who should pay for medical treatment of anorexia nervosa?

The "Room for Debate" section of the New York Times invites several experts to share their ideas on a topical issue, and a few days ago it was on a topic closely related to one we have been looking at the past few weeks: the nature and treatment of psychological disorders.

In "Should Insurers Pay for Eating Disorders?", there is a brief introduction to the issue, giving relevant background, and then the discussion questions, on which the four debaters share their ideas.


  • What do you think? 
  • Whose arguments do you agree with? Why? 
  • Whose arguments do you disagree with? Why? 
  • And what is your answer to these sorts of questions? 

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References
Should Insurers Pay for Eating Disorders? (2011, October 15). The New York Times. Retrieved October 17, 2011 from http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/10/14/should-insurers-pay-for-eating-disorders

1 comment:

  1. And an advantage to The New York Times "Room for Debate" discussions which you might appreciate is that each section is limited in length: the introduction is very short, and each debater is restricted to a relatively short presentation of their argument.

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