Stewart Justman

Stewart Justman lives in tranquil retirement in Missoula, Montana and writes on literature and medicine.

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Unconscious Bias in Medicine: A Canard

Evidence that clinical decisions are driven by unconscious bias remains conspicuously lacking.

Stewart Justman

5 Sep 2023 · 8 min read

Trigger Warnings and Mass Psychogenic Illness

While a trigger warning in theory guards against trauma, it has the actual effect of multiplying claims of trauma by students who are primed to expect it and have a ready-made lexicon to describe both its effects and the outrages that bring it on.

Stewart Justman

2 Nov 2018 · 10 min read

When "Believe the Victim" Backfires

In this charged atmosphere, and with the national press looking on as well, two members of the UM football team—one of them none other than the quarterback and team captain—were charged with sexual intercourse without consent.

Stewart Justman

6 Oct 2018 · 10 min read