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Critics of remote-control medicine say communicating by phone may be a reasonable way to diagnose a problem with a car, but not to understand the intricacies of human disease. Dr. Daniel Isaacman, a pediatrician at Pittsburgh's Childrens Hospital who has examined the question of remote diagnosis, cites a study in which 61 emergency-room doctors were contacted by phone and presented with the same hypothetical patient, a baby boy with a 102 degrees fever. For a child under two months, such a fever can signal a life- threatening infection. Nearly 30% of doctors responding...
...physicians is that if 900 services catch on, they will deter patients from establishing a rapport with their family doctor and cause them to miss out on vital ongoing preventive advice. "A cornerstone of good medical care is continuity and getting to know a patient as an individual," explains Isaacman. "This service is going to discourage that kind of care and encourage patients to seek a quick, temporary...
Would George Washington have run for office, asked Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, if he had been the target of vicious parodies? But Washington was lampooned, replied Attorney Alan Isaacman. In 1789 he was depicted riding an ass. "I think George could handle that," said Scalia. "That's a far cry from committing incest with your mother in an outhouse...
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