Word: limbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...irreparably damaged because they have received incompetent medical care. In the vast majority of cases, nei ther a suffering survivor nor a next of kin has any recourse. Although malpractice suits now jam the courts, a malpractice award is no remedy; it cannot restore lost health or life or limb...
...Angeles audience cheered him to the rafters, but no nationwide ground swell of public opinion developed to lift him high. "Everything was downhill after L.A.," says Marsh Thomson, Agnew's press aide. "The point was driven home to him that he was 'dead.' The limb had been sawed...
...fall while visiting Los Angeles; outrageously, the hospital to which she was taken refused to admit her until Canadian funds were converted to cover a cash deposit. Medical treatment in general is a frequent source of irritation to visitors. "It costs $200 for treatment of a broken limb here," notes Seegul. "That can be pretty shocking to people from countries with socialized medicine...
Kopin said that the current situation, where doctors must go out on a limb and bear the legal burden of such an important and controversial question, must be improved. "Although I think that it's a long time before people say that mercy killing should be legalized," he said, "I do think that there are times when the withholding or termination of treatments is justified. However, the definition of such cases cannot be dealt with lightly; it must involve many people from many fields...
...tails, legs and even heart tissue. Becker theorized that he could increase the regenerative powers of higher animals by somehow compensating for the relatively small proportion of nerve tissue in their extremities. He tried to accomplish this by bolstering the electrical activity in the nerve network. After amputating limbs from 39 rats, he planted electrodes in the amputation sites and applied current to stimulate cell changes. All but two of the animals responded with some limb growth; many regenerated amputated forelegs as far as the first joint...