Word: doctor
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...ticket after Yasger, now eight months pregnant, reminded the court that California's child-support law considers a fetus to be a child. She cited the case of Pamela Rae Stewart, a San Diego mother accused of harming her unborn son by taking illegal drugs and ignoring her doctor's instructions. Judge Randell Wilkinson threw out the * ticket rather than rule on the legal status of a fetus. Yasger, who has two other children, felt vindicated. "I was very serious about it," she said, "but I definitely can see the humor." Nonetheless the California Highway Patrol will continue to write...
Consumers miss the personal touch in health care especially. Technology has brought great improvements in curative powers, but patients wish they could get more attention from their doctors rather than being seen mostly by nurses and technicians. Says Victoria Leonard, executive director of the National Women's Health Network: "We see doctors not answering questions, giving curt answers, not spending enough time with patients. Years ago a doctor was more of a family adviser. Now medicine tends to attract the person who enjoys the high-tech procedures. Almost by definition, that's not a people person...
...work with customers on everything from menu planning to getting bubble gum out of household carpets to figuring how much food to buy for a party of 300. The home-ec experts maintain "special-foods programs" of particular dietary products at each outlet. Says Byerly: "Let's say your doctor prescribed a low-sodium diet. The home economist will give you a blue folder listing everything that you can buy in the store that's low sodium. And each of the products is marked with blue tags on the shelves." The same system is used for low-cholesterol...
...RONALD REAGAN'S favorite jokes is the story of the old and the young psychiatrist. Both come to work each morning looking fresh, neatly dressed and alert. By the end of every day, the young doctor is frazzled, disheveled and red-eyed, while his colleague is as fresh and neat as ever. Finally, the younger psychiatrist asks, "How do you stay fresh after a whole day of listening to people's troubles?" The older psychiatrist pauses and replies, "I never listen...
...strong economy with lower inflation, he will probably be remembered as a president who was not able to translate his popularity into successful policy. His legacy of twin tower deficits, cuts in education and detachment from policy are demonstrative of the ills which plague our country. Just because the doctor smiles does not mean the patient is healthy...