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When an individual is tested anonymously, a pseudonym is used by the patient and by the staff, and the only marking on the test is a number...
...address the insecurity that voters express. Bill Clinton is a master at playing to people's fear of losing control. He offers cell phones to citizen patrols and television ratings for absent parents. As more and more corporations shovel workers into managed-care programs, Clinton unveils a new patient "bill of rights": "I think it's fair to say that almost every family feels some insecurity at the scope and pace of change in the world," he said. "There are so many people in this country that, because of these changes, feel like they're always going...
...health officials can tell, every patient with H5N1 flu was infected directly by a chicken or some other feathered creature. As long as the virus is being passed bird to person, rather than person to person, it is not likely to spread beyond a few isolated cases...
...road to racial healing. Anyone who has actually done real psychotherapy, in which people really pour out their souls (in my 20s, I practiced psychiatry), knows how dangerous, delicate and often destructive such an exercise can be--even in the privacy, confidentiality and highly ritualized setting of the doctor-patient relationship. But large groups? Of strangers? On live national TV? Led by a well-meaning but astute and cunning...
...infertility patient, I was glad to see your very informative report. Many of the couples seeking fertility treatment, however, are doing so not because they delayed childbearing to pursue careers or just decided to wait before having a family. Most of them have been trying for years but have been unable to have a baby because their bodies are not functioning properly. Often the couples seek these treatments after many failures and after years of saving up to pay the medical costs. Yes, there is always the option of choosing to adopt, but have you tried to do it? Those...