Word: duking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...overwhelmed by your article on Duke University Medical Center [A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF A HOSPITAL, Oct. 12]. It was at once heartbreaking and heartwarming. To know there are still people in the medical profession who care so much is uplifting. I appreciated your bringing the experiences in a teaching hospital to life, including the personal stories that touch the heart. NATASHA BAGWELL Indianapolis...
...chief operating officer of Duke University Hospital, I would like to acknowledge the excellence of the team you sent to prepare your report. I would also like to make clear that the hospital group that is truly on the front line is the staff, particularly the nurses. As a nurse and administrator, I am acutely aware that hospitals exist because people are in need of the round-the-clock care that nurses provide. BRENDA NEVIDJON, R.N., M.S.N. Duke University Hospital Durham...
From a physician's standpoint, Duke epitomizes current U.S. health-care philosophy: compassion and heroism coupled with financial altruism. But curing medical problems doesn't hinge on the extent of the treatment; it depends on the extent of the disease. Prevention doesn't simply mean administering vitamins to the young; it requires eliminating environmental factors conducive to disease, such as smoking, drugs, improper diet and pollution. Society has become inured to its harmful behavior. This results in the overutilization of medical resources and ever growing expenses, with doctors and hospitals serving as convenient scapegoats. DONALD H. RUDICK, M.D. St. Marys...
...committee visited universities includingHarvard, Yale, Duke and Stanford to observedifferent housing systems, and a house systemsimilar to Harvard's is under discussion, Kiefersaid...
...yesterday's quarterfinals, the Crimson squadknocked out the last of the seeded teams bydropping the Blue Devils team of Root and Wile.The second-seeded Duke team jumped out early inthe first set 6-3, but the Harvard team wasundaunted...