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DIED. M. SCOTT PECK, 69, ex-military psychiatrist credited with pioneering publishing's self-help genre with his best-selling 1978 life manual, The Road Less Traveled; of pancreatic and liver cancer; in Warren, Conn. Although he freely admitted he was not always able to heed his own advice--he acknowledged having such bad habits as drinking and womanizing--Peck differed from his successors by emphasizing the arduous task of self-examination, insisting that "life is difficult...
DIED. NURCHOLISH MADJID, 66, prominent Indonesian intellectual who became known as the conscience of his nation for persistently advocating a moderate form of Islam and insisting that his mostly Muslim country remain secular; of liver and kidney failure; in Jakarta. The author of several books, including the popular Doors to God (he emphasized the plural), he is credited with persuading hard-line President Suharto to step down...
...nurse, I know that the human body is a well-integrated unit, each organ depending on other body parts for perfect functioning. If a vital organ such as the heart, lung or liver gives out, the support systems are weakened as well. Patients are unrealistic when they expect every operation to be a medical miracle. But doctors are equally unrealistic when they try to play God. Beatrice Warren Aptos, Calif. Women...
Perhaps so, says Jing Cheng, but not in his industry. Eating lunch by a man-made lake in the shape of a human liver, Cheng says the potential in his business is boundless: "It's very possible that in our lifetimes we'll find a cure for cancer." He pauses and then smiles. "And maybe we'll do it right here in China." --By Bill Powell/Beijing and Sonja Steptoe/Los Angeles
Gould, who was Agassiz professor of zoology and a professor of geology, died in May 2002, ten weeks after being diagnosed with a lung cancer that had spread to his liver, brain, and other organs...