Local traditions (traditional healing, funeral ceremonies), and the social conditions of the population (general resistance of individuals, ignorance of hygiene measures, type and structure of houses) combined with low access to medical care further aggravate the situation.
Major barriers to recognition at an individual level include ignorance about the benefit of treating delirium.
This post started out very differently, but I had a realization about halfway through that it's not really in anyone's best interest for me to tear down individual celebrities for the ignorance tied to their names.
But living through this recession -- one ignited and fueled by millions of small, individual acts of fraud, ignorance and greed -- I don't think we need a lot of reminding about the reservoir of potential we hold as a nation of 306 million people, about our history of accomplishment when we put our persistent optimism to work, about how we realize results only when each individual decides to act.
The resulting sadomasochistic relationships, in which individuals hide their own ignorance and uncertainty while constantly trying to expose it in others, provide the substance of Gombrowicz's rather eccentric plots.
Second, it is important to ask on what grounds individuals behind the veil of ignorance make their decisions.
Proponents might avoid this dilemma by assuming that individuals behind the veil of ignorance will make decisions based purely on self-interest, unconstrained by moral limits or considerations.
Under a veil of ignorance so stretched, individuals might choose to participate in clinical research, including non-beneficial research as long as the benefits of the practice exceed its overall burdens.
But Rawls made a far greater blunder when he posited that individuals behind the veil of ignorance would not be acquisitive ("self-interest" is not an entry in the index to his book) but would be highly risk-averse.
Yet, individuals behind the veil of ignorance who make decisions based solely on self-interest might well allow this study on the grounds that it offers a positive cost-benefit ratio overall: the high risks to a few subjects are clearly outweighed by the potential to save the lives of millions.
