Word: parlorized
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...think of hospitals as cathedrals of science, yet doctors walk around with their pockets stuffed with 3-by-5 cards on which they write patient information; when they sign off for the day they read from the card to the doctor coming on duty. "My pizza parlor is more thoroughly computerized than most of health care," says Berwick. It's easy to see the advantage of giving everyone easy access to a patient's history and test results. But getting there can be painful. Enter a hospital when it is in the process of introducing more computers, they...
Hypnosis was first used as a surgical anesthetic in India in 1845 but was quickly abandoned with the introduction of ether the following year. The practice languished for decades, becoming, at least in the public eye, little more than a parlor trick. In 1958 it was sanctioned by the American Medical Association for use in medicine and dentistry. Since then, doctors have hypnotized patients to help ease such ills as migraines, depression, anxiety and chronic cancer pain...
...leaping nimbly from web to web. As for most seven year olds, being a superhero was an important and consuming undertaking. My sons wore their bath towels as capes, referred to the basement as the Bat Cave, and had even gone so far as to rename the ice cream parlor with 32 flavors " Batman and Robins' ." So I knew that skipping Spiderman would be a challenge, but the voice of the developmental pediatrician who lectured during my residency kept me strong, "Rules give children boundaries and when they have boundaries they feel safe...
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan, asked Wednesday about growing speculation in Washington over "the fatigue factor" of Bush Administration senior staff, dismissed what he called "a parlor game" and drew chuckles by saying that he was "tired of some of the questions...
While many students spent last Friday afternoon packing for a long-weekend vacation, over 30 undergraduates gathered in the parlor room of Phillips Brook House Association (PBHA) to debate the purpose of traveling to perform social service...