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According to Dr. Claus B. Bahnson, family therapist and professor of psychiatry at Philadelphia's Jefferson Med ical College, heart attacks tend to occur in "outer-directed" families-those that stress the need for success and approval by outsiders. Cancer tends to appear in "inner-directed" families. Such families often channel their emotional response to stress internally through the nervous system. This inward surge may upset the body's hormonal balance and, perhaps, immunological processes-two mechanisms that play a significant role in combating cancer...
...study obtained by The Crimson last spring reported a sharp decrease in the percentage of middle class students admitted to the Med School, and also indicated that nearly 50 per cent of classes in recent years have been composed of students from upper class families...
Cheever said he believes the Med School "cannot make much of a dent" without enlarging the size of the class in the same way it did when pressured to admit more minority group students in the late...
...that time, the Med School created 15 extra places in its incoming classes and raised the necessary funds--$80,000 to $90,000 per year--in order to have each class composed ot 20 per cent ethnic minority members...
...people used to talk a lot about relevance and commitment, terms that "referred to political and social issues, but implied psychologically that you were implicated in what you were doing." His theory is that Yale students are still committed; it is just that they are seeking relevance in pre-med and pre-law courses...