Word: axelrod
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...York State, which trains 14% of the nation's doctors, the debate over how doctors are trained has exploded into action. Troubled by a rash of malpractice cases that, he says, "seem to have been related to fatigue and lack of supervision," Health Commissioner David Axelrod appointed a blue- ribbon committee of New York doctors to investigate. Axelrod had been particularly upset by the case of Libby Zion, an 18-year-old Manhattanite who died while undergoing treatment for a high fever at New York Hospital in 1984; a grand jury attributed her death to neglectful treatment by tired...
...June, Axelrod's committee issued a report recommending improved supervision of residents and strict limits on how many hours they can work at a stretch. Residents, urged the committee, should work no more than 16 consecutive hours in ordinary, inpatient care, and no more than twelve hours in the emergency room. In today's high-tech environment, said Axelrod, "the opportunity to do good as well as to do harm is increasing. I don't know that someone who is semisomnolent can make the judgments required...
...hope a victory like this will make Harvardtake us more seriously," Axelrod said...
Harvard neglects rock music because itstraditions lie in classical music, Axelrod said...
...Rock music should be recognized for its valueas a universal communicator," Axelrod said. "Maybesomething like our victory can help wake Harvardup to rock music's importance," he added...