Search Details

Word: patients (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...should depend on clinical judgment; whether it is clinically useful. But in a public health screening program like this, the doctor should know what to say if the patient tests positive," she said. "We must also consider the fact that people are much more informed about AIDS than ever before...

Author: By Esther S. Yoo, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HIV Study Advocates Universal Testing | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...shows us how to hold the gun (both thumbs to the side of the handle) so that we don't get a chunk taken out of our thumb by the slide and how to fire it--"squeeze the trigger, don't pull." He's good at his job: patient even when repeatedly reminding us not to point our guns...

Author: By Rebecca U. Weiner, | Title: Shooting the Breeze | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

Groopman discussed one of his patients, "Kirk," mentioned in the first chapter of his book. Kirk realized at the end of a battle with kidney cancer how unmeaningful his fast-paced, business-oriented life had been. Such epiphanies, Groopman said, are meaningful to the patient and his family...

Author: By Rachel K. Sobel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Physician Discusses Soul's Place in Medicine | 10/21/1998 | See Source »

...least not about the impeachment process. Clinton will continue his Briefing Room presidency, ruling by Executive order. He'll focus on four big issues only: Social Security, war and peace, and to a lesser extent education and the patient bill of rights. He'll do very little campaigning during the next three weeks, certainly nothing like 1994. He may appear in a few Senate races, he'll still raise money, but barnstorming with Congressmen is out. "He's not a candidate," says an adviser. "The last thing we're going to do now is make him one." But that doesn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Down In History | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...exactly standard medical practice to call up a patient's rap sheet before prepping him for surgery, so you can hardly blame the doctors. Besides, a criminal past is no reason to deny someone medical treatment--even a treatment that is purely experimental and has nothing to do with saving lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sleight of Hand | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

Previous | 573 | 574 | 575 | 576 | 577 | 578 | 579 | 580 | 581 | 582 | 583 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 587 | 588 | 589 | 590 | 591 | 592 | 593 | Next