Word: patient
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hobby, so why not get into it?" War gaming is still a bastion of male chauvinism, apparently; JoEllen's tactful explanation is that "too many men feel uncomfortable unless women are very good at it. The group I'm in at home has been very patient with...
...chance, a state pharmacy inspector, Kathleen Watt, was in the store and decided to verify Long's prescription. When she tried to call the doctor who had written it and found that the doctor's phone had been disconnected. Watt summoned police. The officers learned that the patient's name on the prescription was fictitious, and arrested Long...
...research, no announcement was forthcoming from the British doctors until April, when a reporter closing in on the story got them to admit that the birth of a test-tube baby was at hand. Even so, Steptoe and Edwards were reluctant to give any details; they even withheld the patient's name for fear that the mother might not be able to withstand the pressure of all the public prying...
...this sentence, with a tiny hollow tube, or pipette, then inserting it through the cervix and into the uterus. If all goes well, it will implant itself in the uterine wall. At least a week must pass before the doctors know if the patient is indeed pregnant...
That conclusion was reached after hundreds of depressed patients had been interviewed by a computer programmed by Psychiatrist John Greist and David Gustafson, professor of preventive medicine. In 72 of the cases, the computer predictions were compared with those made by therapists in traditional face-to-face interviews. The computer correctly identified the three patients who attempted suicide within 48 hours after their interviews. The therapists failed to predict any of the three attempts. One patient was about to be released when the computer determined that he had a gun, bullets and a precise suicide plan. In long-range predictions...