Word: haleking
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Despite the growth in demand for doulas, skepticism in the medical community is long-standing. Judith Halek began working as a doula more than 13 years ago, at a time when doulas were unfamiliar to most obstetrics professionals. "A ward nurse once asked me if I was part of a cult," recalls Halek. "I explained that I was there to provide support. We've come a long way, but we still have a long...
...Forman refrain from physical ministrations, medical and otherwise. He invented a code word -halek-to record sexual relations with female patients. The word pops up with awesome regularity throughout the good doctor's case notes. The Dark Lady herself received his attentions. In his mid-50s, he was still haleking as often as three times a day, and the hundreds of casual adulteries confessed to by his clients suggest that Forman was not unusually randy. Rowse's exclamation, "What a free-for-all Elizabethan sex-life was!" is amply documented...
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