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Make sure the physician you consult is truly an independent judge. It's only natural for doctors who work in the same hospital to share views or want to avoid second-guessing their colleagues...
...back 20 years ago and was told to rest until it healed. Not satisfied, he went doctor shopping until he found a surgeon who promised to fix it. Unfortunately, Groopman wound up in worse shape after the operation. Now, after two decades of suffering and intense physical therapy, the physician still hasn't completely healed himself. Sometimes, as Groopman learned the hard way, the best course is to do what your original doctor ordered...
...After documenting hunger children in the 1960s as a physician, Robert F. Kennedy '48 convinced Coles and the other physicians to testify in front of a Senate committee...
...children from losing their father." But her ambition was thwarted when, despite her superb undergraduate record at Ohio State, where she was frequently the lone woman in her pre-med classes, she was turned down for medical school. It was 1969, and 90% of medical students were male. One physician on the O.S.U. medical-school admissions committee told her, "I'd hate to be your kid!" In fact, Bach turned out to be a wonderful mother who deeply enjoyed raising her daughter Sashi. Then, when she was 42, she met a fireman who had started medical school...
...family ruled less than 60 years longer, but his style of administration and his humane application of justice to both war and governance influenced Arab rulers for centuries. His tolerance was exemplary. He allowed Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem after its fall. The great Jewish sage Maimonides was his physician. Woven into chivalric legend as the worthy foeman, Saladin, scimitar flashing or compassionately sheathed, galloped from Dante into romances by Sir Walter Scott and eventually into young adult books that still ship in 24 hours through Amazon.com...