Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bhopal and elsewhere, medical authorities last week began to grow concerned about the long-term effects of exposure to methyl isocyanate. While there is no evidence that the chemical causes cancer, doctors in Bhopal believe that many survivors of the accident may suffer from emphysema, asthma or bronchitis. In addition, some medical experts suspect that the poisoning could result in damage to the liver and the kidneys, and could have other even more harrowing effects. "The gas affects the central nervous system," said Dr. Sanjay Mittal, a doctor at Hamidia Hospital. "In my opinion, this increases the chances of permanent...
...them is the legend "R T-M S B-N B-10." But when the letters and number are pronounced, young readers can crack the code: "Our team is bein' beaten." A Martian has descended from a spaceship. The line explains, "N-M-E L-E-N." A doctor holds aloft a test tube and announces, "I F D Q-R!" The whimsical drawings and ingenious punch lines are M-U-S-N from the beginning...
...example, that the kind of heart defect suffered by Baby Fae kills a substantial number of infants. The committee has implicitly decided that not all patients who might benefit from a transplant have an inalienable right to the technology. Finally, they have decided that the decision rests with the doctor...
...concluding that the doctor should decide for each patient's case, the task force subsumes an ethical judgment under a scientific judgment. This means enfranchising the doctor and his/her scientific procedure with the power of deciding whether or not to deny a patient a possible means of survival. Perhaps this is a solution; but, as Roberts puts it, how low do the odds of survival have to go for a doctor to say that a patient will not benefit? Roberts feels that there is "nothing novel about this" situation, that doctors are always faced with this kind of decision. There...
...rhythm as Dr. William DeVries, 40, removed the tracheal tube from his patient's throat. For the first time since his artificial heart had been implanted about 36 hours earlier, William Schroeder, 52, could breathe on his own and speak. "Can I get you something to drink?" the doctor asked. Replied Schroeder: "I'd like a beer." It was, DeVries admitted afterward, one of the high points of the tension-filled hours following his second successful attempt to implant an artificial heart...