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...Parks' reputation was tarnished by the Staples Center controversy. Reporters were troubled by his initial refusal to investigate the magazine deal. Parks says that after hearing their "candid counsel," he changed his mind. Journalism watchdogs see the incident as a cautionary tale. "People coming into publishing from other businesses just don't get the perishable nature of editorial credibility," says Orville Schell, dean of the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley...
...tubal ligations were performed at South Valley Hospital. In fact, nearly a fifth of all deliveries were immediately followed by the operation, which takes 15 min. and can often piggyback on the same epidural painkiller used during labor. So what changed? Well, South Valley became St. Louise Regional Health Center, and the hospital's new owner--Catholic Healthcare West--required the newly configured hospital to abide by the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services, a set of 70 regulations issued by Roman Catholic bishops...
...their ground. Carol Bayley, director of medical ethics for Catholic Healthcare West, argues that the deal was not a merger. "We've bought the building, and St. Louise, the surviving hospital, is taking over." But the hard-line stance could backfire. Last year in Manchester, N.H., the Catholic Medical Center, which had recently merged with another local hospital, refused to perform an emergency abortion on a woman in danger of prematurely delivering a 14-week fetus--even though her doctor had determined that she was at risk for a lethal infection. The incident generated so much outrage that the hospital...
...child learn to read one another's signals and expressions--a journey that leads to the delicious feeling that T. Berry Brazelton aptly calls "falling in love." Once that secure attachment is accomplished, however, your child can benefit from socializing with other kids and adults at a day-care center. On that, the National Institute study and parenting experts like Brazelton are in agreement...
...also one of the surprise publishing successes of 1995. Her new book adds a little-known personal dimension to the life of Galileo Galilei, the 17th century Pisan mathematician and astronomer who was tried, convicted and humbled for challenging church dogma that placed the earth at the center of the universe...