Word: patiently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...having no real compassion for the public at large. Critics claim the 2.4 million unemployed seem to be statistics to her, rather than individuals. When an interviewer recently pressed her about a seeming lack of sympathy, Thatcher replied sharply, "It's like a nurse looking after an ill patient. Which is the better nurse ?the one who smothers the patient with sympathy and says, 'Never mind, dear. Just lie back. I'll look after you.' Or the one who says, 'Now, come on. Shake out of it. I know you had an operation yesterday. It's time...
...announcement of the gift coincided with the beginning of a $114 million fund-raising campaign by MGH. The drive will raise funds to remodel the hospital's in-patient, out-patient and research facilities, MGH officials said yesterday...
...economist testifying for Gena Glicklich, the terminally ill cancer patient who has taken two University Health Services (UHS) physicians to court for negligence, said yesterday that Glicklich could have been able to earn between $355,600 and $372,600 with normal life expectancy...
Frei noted that cosmetic treatment meant to improve the quality of the patient's life after treatment has gained in importance. Instead of amputation of a 15-year-old's leg, for example, doctors now will isolate only the part of the bone affected by cancer and treat it with radiotherapy...
...cancer patient Gena Glicklich had received proper treatment from her doctors after discovering a lump in her right breast, her life expectancy would be much higher, a cancer expert testified yesterday during malpractice proceedings against two University Health Services (UHS) physicians and Glicklich's personal gynecologist...