Word: patients
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Missing starting wingback Amanda Slick, an injury-ridden Crimson squad took on the Huskies in a physical game highlighed by controlled ball-handling and passing combinations. UConn--using a strategy that the Crimson has fallen prey to in the past--began to spread out the Harvard defense with patient ball-movement and give-and-go passing...
...perfection of a democratic system israrely achieved. It takes a great deal of effortand a great deal of time, so we must continue tobe patient in Central America," he said
...classic gimmick is helping sell a most unlikely product: prescription drugs. G.D. Searle -- best known for introducing the first birth-control pill and NutraSweet, the widely used sugar substitute -- is offering full refunds to customers who find the company's medications ineffective or experience unpleasant side effects. All a patient has to do is fill out a postcard-size form with information about where the drug was bought and how much it cost, and attach the sales receipt. The patient's physician signs the form, sends it in, and Searle mails the check to the --customer...
...including an anti-ulcer pill called Cytotec, that the company plans to market soon. But many doctors are uneasy about the strategy. Says Dr. Mark Siegler, director of the University of Chicago's Center for Clinical Medical Ethics: "Inappropriate guarantees from the drug firm threaten to undermine the doctor-patient relationship...
...will severely tighten our ability to provide patient care," said Janelle Heineke, director of Womens Health Service at Mt. Auburn Hospital. "This is a labor intensive concern, and a cap is not the way to resolve financial problems," she added...