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Introduced in only a few medical centers so far, such role playing is designed to expose doctors to the anguish endured by the infirm. It is just one of several techniques being tried at U.S. medical schools and hospitals in an attempt to deal with the most universal complaint about doctors: lack of compassion. "Residents are usually young, healthy, privileged," says Dr. Stephen Brunton of Long Beach Memorial Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif. "They've not really had a chance to understand what patients go though...
...latest addition to the crop is Jim McGeehan, who Saturday led Pennsylvania to a 28-19 beating of Brown. The Philadelphia native, who stepped in for an infirm Fitz McKinnon, collected 183 yards on 10-for-19 passing, including two touchdowns...
...aboard the Greek cruise liner Oceanos survived its spectacular sinking off the coast of South Africa last week, the ship's captain, Yiannis Avranas, has been widely castigated as both cowardly and irresponsible. Avranas, 51, left the Oceanos by rescue helicopter, while some 160 passengers, including several elderly and infirm, still awaited evacuation. He abdicated the hero's role to a South African entertainer, who not only operated the shipboard radio and made certain everyone was safe but also rescued Avranas' dog and released the captain's pet canary from its cage before becoming one of the last to quit...
...into the U.S. for up to 30 days but require them to inform officials that they are carriers of the HIV virus. Another policy under consideration: permitting people with AIDS to immigrate if they can prove that they will not be an economic burden. In other words, the wealthy infirm would be waved through...
...than in places where the sky is clear. Some of the well fires could burn for years, spewing out poisonous fumes that choke the air and rake the throat, particularly when the air is still. The miasma poses a special risk to the very young, the old and the infirm. "There is a real danger to human life," says a Western diplomat in Riyadh. "When the winds stop, a lot of people are going...