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...Some physicians may refuse to treat patients if they discover the patient is using herbal medications in addition to traditional drugs. Patients may therefore hesitate to tell their doctors about such outside treatment...
...Fireworks (Hana-bi) or a yakuza in Boiling Point, Sonatine and Brother, he carries a gun and a grudge. Like the uninflected killer played by Alain Delon in Jean-Pierre Melville's classic 1967 crime film, aptly titled Le Samourai, Kitano walks slowly, stares blankly; he might be a patient whose life the surgeons have saved by removing his soul. Like Clint Eastwood in his early surly days (A Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider), Kitano is implacable, dispensing retribution that may also be justice, but only coincidentally. He is a Zen or zombie Clint?a Dirty Harakiri...
...PATIENT...
...says South Africa's Dr. Moll. "It's a public document, and families would hate it if anyone knew." Several years ago, doctors were barred even from recording compromised immunity or HIV status on a medical file; now they can record the results of blood tests for AIDS on patient charts to protect other health workers. Doctors like Moll have long agitated to apply the same openness to death certificates...
...after trying to keep up with Penn's fast-tempo attack, Harvard will need to be patient against Princeton's deliberate offense...