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...were very sick and could barely move, you wouldn't be able to find a doctor to make a home visit, but lots of M.D.s will happily travel to your house to temporarily paralyze your facial muscles. Murphy, who wears a bow tie, cuff links and monogrammed sleeves, is an ophthalmologist, but he spends almost no time working on eyes and almost all of it driving from Palm Springs to L.A., youthanizing people for $500 to $600 a session. (Prices could start to come down nationwide if the FDA approves the first Botox rival, Reloxin, possibly as early as April...
...because if anything happens to the person, you're liable." Those who choose to rescue people have always been protected under common law, he points out, provided they act with due care. "If you wanted to rescue somebody, you can go rescue somebody even if you are not a doctor, but if you are negligent and the person is hurt, you're going to be liable," says Shapiro. "Negligent means unacceptably careless. It's not that big of an obligation to put on people not to act in a way that is unacceptably careless even when you're rescuing someone...
...doctor first ... If I had to choose one [profession] today, I'd choose medicine." - On whether his TV career takes precedence over his medical one, Washington Post...
...recent study said that most doctors interrupt their patients within 11 seconds ... I don't. I think I'm an emotional doctor. I'll sit down right next to them on the bed and talk." - On his bedside manner during his regular surgical rotations, People...
...surgeon general's role has been to be the country's doctor, and having someone who is immediately recognizable to many people can be very helpful." - Linda C. Degutis, former president of the American Public Health Association, New York Times...