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...many physicians, the actions they take often depend more on circumstance than on moral certainty. How far is the patient from death? How great is the pain? How clear the will? Does the patient just want to be left alone, or is he asking to be killed? The Cruzan case has raised the basic medical issue of whether doctors must continue to treat patients they cannot cure. In its amicus brief to the Supreme Court, the American Academy of Neurology argues that the doctor's duty is to continue treating unconscious patients as long as there is some chance...
Whether the report will have an impact on undergraduate education in the future is still unclear, said Pilbeam. He said the report's impact will depend largely on the faculty's willingness to change long-standing teaching traditions...
Street News is published on a nonprofit basis. Persons, who employs a staff of 19, began paying himself a modest annual salary of $35,000 in January. As for his salespeople, their earnings depend on the number of papers they can hawk. They buy copies for approximately 25 cents apiece, sell them for 75 cents and keep the difference. In addition, every paper sold earns the vendor an extra nickel that is deposited in a special savings account set aside for rent. So far, says Persons, 200 of the salespeople have saved enough money to secure cheap rooms or apartments...
...powerful antiapartheid coalitions. Skillfully led and adequately financed, such organizations could fill South Africa's streets and apply more pressure than the government has yet encountered. The notion that Mandela would soon be freed has focused everyone's attention on negotiations, but the political future of his country may depend in large part on the man and woman in the street...
...Constitution applies to students as much as anyone else," says Marius. "We have to take the risk with a few people saying hateful and ugly things and depend on the community to say that you are being hateful and ugly and we don't like...