Word: cautions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is good reason for caution. In 1982 two physicians in California were charged with murder for complying with a family's request to remove feeding tubes from a hopelessly brain-damaged patient. The charge was dismissed upon appeal last fall. But, together with similar cases around the country, it has "sent a chill into the medical community," according to Washington Gerontologist Joanne Lynn, principal author of a 1983 Presidential Commission report on medical ethics...
...Mondale's caution is justified. He cannot really hope to re-emerge as the clear favorite to take the nomination unless he wins the New York primary next week. In many ways New York poses the purest test to date. Mondale is no longer burdened by his aura of inevitability, and Hart is no longer a novelty item. Voters should be less swayed by ephemera...
...through limited military and economic aid, along with certain covert measures. In that camp were Vice President Bush, Defense Secretary Weinberger, Director of Central Intelligence Casey (with reservations), National Security Adviser Allen and most of the others. Together with Baker and Deaver, Meese was the leading voice for caution and slow decision. Meese's keen legal mind detected the risks; his deep loyalty and affection for the President made him protective...
...city's bars caution mothers-to-be about drinking...
Even so, many physicians prefer to err on the side of caution. "No one knows the risk factors," says Dr. Jokichi Takamine, chairman of the American Medical Association's task force on alcoholism. He believes that pregnant women should abstain completely. Atlanta Obstetrician Donald Block, for one, is delighted with the idea of the warning signs. He says, "Now when I tell pregnant women not to drink, they are prepared...