Word: patiently
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Towne the director has a shrewd and patient eye for the small, telling tics of human behavior, Towne the writer says all his best work--which includes the classic Chinatown--is "about a man's relationship to his profession, the willingness to put everything into doing one single thing well," which he finds "purifying and thrilling...
There's also the very real risk of choking. Most tongue jewelry consists of two parts that are screwed together. But what's screwed together can, and often does, come apart. Dentists Shelia Price and Maurice Lewis of Morgantown, W.Va., tell the story of a 20-year-old patient who pierced not only his tongue but also his uvula, the flap of skin that hangs down at the back of the mouth. "That's pretty rare," Price notes, "primarily because of the gag reflex." At any rate, the hoop in the man's uvula came undone and fell into...
...replaced the pager in most doctors' offices. But enough physicians have added regular stints at the PC to their office routine that at least one professional group has drawn up guidelines. And the American College of Physicians is undertaking a survey this summer to determine just how widespread doctor-patient e-mail has become...
...encourage that sort of relationship, patients should follow a few important rules. First, remember that e-mail is not a perfectly private medium. If you're writing from the office, even if you use a password, your employer has the legal right to read your messages. Encryption works only if you and your doctor choose the same program, which can be tough to coordinate. So I recommend that you confine your e-mail messages to routine inquiries: appointment scheduling, follow-up questions after a checkup, requests for a prescription refill or a referral. Stanford University Medical Clinic forbids discussion...
...mail you send your doctor must be filed in your medical record. Since a lot of e-mail addresses consist of nicknames, be sure your message includes your real name and, if you know it, your patient identification number (or your child's or other family member's ID number, if appropriate). Keep your messages brief, and focus each e-mail on a single issue. If you want a prescription refill, be sure to include the pharmacy's name and telephone number...