Word: doctorings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mangelsdorf graduated from Kansas State University in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He continued his studies at Harvard, earning a masters degree in 1923 and his doctorate in 1925. In 1977, the botanist was presented with an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Harvard...
...costs of practice have driven out hordes of doctors altogether. According to a 1987 survey by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1 out of 8 U.S. obstetricians has left the field because of the malpractice threat. Those who manage to stay in business may feel forced to practice a kind of medicine that assumes every patient is a prospective litigant. Such defensive tactics are antithetical to compassionate care: the doctor ends up being afraid of someone he or she wants to help, cautious about trying attractive new treatments and emotionally aloof from someone in need of emotional support...
Even as natural a procedure as giving birth has been greatly distorted by the epidemic of lawsuits. "Mothers believe that all babies should be born perfect," observes Massachusetts General's Stoeckle, and here the bond of doctor and patient may be most fragile. Doctors order expensive tests and uncomfortable procedures as protection against future suits. The costs to expectant parents are exorbitant, and discomfort during delivery is heightened: nearly one-quarter of all U.S. births are currently by caesarean section, which can be less risky to the baby than vaginal delivery and makes the doctor less vulnerable in court...
COVER: Under fire from all sides, the doctor-patient relationship is battered, bruised and in need of repair...
Talk is the sex of the '80s. In a time when you can hardly initiate a handshake without a note from your doctor, conversation is not just a white- collar mating dance; it is the most intimate form of safe sex. Over the telephone or a restaurant table, a man and a woman expose their emotions, exchange seminal fears and desires, make each other laugh and sob -- all without touching any organ but the heart. Talk is the consummation devoutly to be wished; no wonder they call it intercourse. It is confession without penance, therapy on the cheap...