Word: operationalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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The problem is that Adam Smith's invisible hand doesn't work well in the medical marketplace for several reasons, not all of which are easy to change. First, most people are insured, making them fairly indifferent to the cost or necessity of individual health-care purchases. Second, most people...
Sylvia Stanton Sellarole, 61, of Redlands, California, was not so lucky. For five years the registered nurse had suffered the uncontrollable tremor and halting steps characteristic of Parkinson's disease. But her hopes soared in 1993 when she heard Dr. Robert Iacono of the Loma Linda University Medical Center speak...
These two stories, with their radically different outcomes, illustrate both the enormous potential and the terrible risks of experimental surgery. They also reflect the special status accorded surgeons. Had either doctor been touting a new medicine instead of a new type of operation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would...
Last year Wakabayashi moved yet again--this time to the Irvine Medical Center to establish the Wakabayashi Institute. Already he has a three-month waiting list for new patients. Although his surgery lacks a formal scientific evaluation, Wakabayashi believes he has proved his operation's merits. "It's hard to...
The impromptu undercover operation was a piece of serendipity. Galster had come to the village of Krasny Yar to encourage the Udege to set up an anti poaching squad. Galster is the executive director of a private environmental-security organization called the Investigative Network, which helps fund the antipoaching team...