Word: doctor
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...proceedings. Hussain's case has proved difficult to defend. In a surprise move at Hussain's arraigement in December, his attorney, Kenneth Goldberg, cited time pressures and said he will be unable to defend Hussain when the Waltham charges come to trial this spring. Goldberg will still represent the doctor at the rape appeal later this summer...
...appears that Hussain's defense strategy has also changed. At the end of December the doctor called his first news conference to discuss the case...
After lengthy investigations both the Medical School and the Massachusetts Medical Society recently released reports dealing with the letters of recommendation. In early January the Med School released a "golden rule" policy which stated that letters must include comments about both a doctor's strengths and weaknesses. The policy was called a statement of common sense but still a somewhat needed affirmation of principles. "The whole medical community was really shaken [by the Hussain recommendations]." r. Curtis Prout, assistant clinical professor of medicine, said last week...
...When you talk about a physician you are talking about more than a technical competence. There is a whole system of caring and trust that goes along with being a doctor." Thomas Sullivan, a spokesman for Buffalo Children's Hospital said. Dr. Marshall A. Falk, executive vice president and dean of the School of Health Sciences. University of Chicago Medical School, agreed: "You are dealing with public trust. The relationship with a doctor is different than the one you have with a plumber...
...Hussain case has forced the medical community to evaluate itself and although not everyone agrees on the exact action that should be taken, much attention has been given to the question of whether or not a doctor convicted of a crime of violence not directly related to his profession should be treated the same way as once who commits the same crime in the course of his work. Perhaps more importantly the medical community is beginning to consider what doctors responsibilities are to each other and how the profession should monitor itself...