Word: physician
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Bowen, 54, looks like a movie version of a small-town general practition-er-which he is. But besides being a physician from Bremen, Ind., 20 miles from South Bend, Bowen is an astute politician who has been speaker of Indiana's G.O.P.-dominated house of representatives since 1967. Bowen and his courtly Democratic opponent, former (1961 -65) Governor Matthew E. Welsh, 60, both had the same prescription for Indiana: a reduction in property taxes, to be made possible by hikes in state sales and income taxes and increased state aid to local schools. The campaign thus focused...
...Briant L. Decker, physician to UHS, said yesterday. "The ultimate price you pay for a generic drug does not reflect its quality, but rather what the pharmacist wishes to charge. With a few exceptions, there are no differences among generic drugs...
...When a patient's symptoms point to a definite, diagnosable disease, the treatment-surgery, drugs or other therapy-is often obvious. But what should a doctor do when the symptoms add up to no known ailment? Dr. Joseph Sapira, a Birmingham, Ala., internist, believes the physician definitely should not dismiss the complaint as imaginary. Instead, he should try "reassurance therapy," and in the Annals of Internal Medicine Sapira tells how to administer it. The first step, he says, is to elicit a detailed description of the symptoms; the next is to ascertain how they affect or concern the patient...
Examining the patient is crucial because the "laying on of hands will dramatically increase the effectiveness" of what is to follow. The doctor can then make his "diagnosis," ruling out those conditions that the patient does not have, particularly the one that worries him most. Finally, the physician can explain the symptoms to the patient and assure him that they are harmless. Under no circumstances, however, should he try to deny the existence of pain or discomfort. Most patients dote on their symptoms, and will shop for a physician who is just as interested...
...remaining staffers to stay for a while. The agency, says ABCD Director Bob Coard, "is not about to retreat from involvement in Columbia Point because of a few faceless saboteurs." Coard may succeed, but for doctors like Fleishman, the retreat is final. "I got battle fatigue," says the physician, "after 6½ years of hassles with everyone...