Word: clinics
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minimize the chance of falling into the hands of charlatans, Masters suggests, would-be patients should be sure that any therapist they plan to consult has some professional qualifications-for instance, that he is a reputable physician, psychologist or marriage counselor. The patient should also verify that the clinic has a good reputation, that treatment will be confidential, and that no unrealistic promises of cure are made. He also advises patients to shun clinics advertising in the yellow pages or in cheap magazines. But the only real solution, he points out, is to shut down the street-corner clinics. That...
Even these deaths can be prevented if doctors exercise more care in prescribing the Pill. Some women who ask their doctors for the Pill are now handed prescriptions after only cursory examination. Clinic patients may be asked few, if any, questions about their medical histories before they are given supplies of oral contraceptives...
Heaven Sent. The Los Angeles clinic also deals with many of the other problems connected with dwarfism. Some dwarfs have severe spinal defects that can lead to paralysis if not promptly treated. Others suffer from deteriorating vision and a wide variety of orthopedic problems that most doctors cannot correctly diagnose or treat. Mrs. Estrella Sberna of Los Angeles took her daughter Mary Lou, 12, to dozens of different doctors for problems ranging from a cleft palate to flat feet. But it was only at the clinic that Mary Lou began to receive proper treatment after doctors diagnosed her condition...
Actor Michael Dunn, 38, who is best known for his performance in the film Ship of Fools, consulted several specialists in search of a cure for the arthritis he feared might force him to give up show business. He finally found help at the clinic, where surgeons operated to tighten his knee ligaments and reduce the pain in his legs. That surgery, says Dunn, saved his career...
Others credit the clinic with preserving their sanity. Los Angeles House wife Shirley Figone, who is normal sized, was upset about her dwarf son Chris, 2, until Rimoin arranged for her to meet a dwarf couple with the opposite problem - their normal-sized daughter was embarrassed by them. The meeting helped breach the isolation that so often surrounds dwarfs and their families. "We're saving a scrapbook for Chris, cutting out any newspaper stories we can find concerning little people," says Mrs. Figone. "We want him to know that he's not alone...