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Other candidates for director are: Carla M. Okiwage '65, executive director of the Seattle King Country Housing Development Consortium; Philip J. Peters '67, senior physician at the Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic; Harry L.Shipman '69, director of the Center for TeachingEffectiveness at the University of Delaware,Newark; and Karen C. Van Winkle '80, sales managerat Herman Miller in Boston...
...child's third birthday, her anxious parents took her to the University of Washington pulmonary clinic in Seattle. Chest X rays revealed that a thick, bluish mucus had started to accumulate in her airways. "She already had some permanent scarring to the lungs," recalls Dr. Bonnie Ramsey, Brianna's physician and an expert in lung disease. "She was a very sick little girl...
Groopman noted that the title of the professorship symbolizes his work as a scientist and a physician...
...Private companies would continue to offer coverage to workers under employer-paid plans and could devise policies to defray the costs of risky or experimental procedures. A more advanced form of universal care is the "single-payer" system, in which the government would completely replace private insurers and regulate physician fees. Such a system exists in Canada, and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey has made a modified universal plan the centerpiece of his presidential campaign...
Despite such regulatory pitfalls, the time is ripe for putting some teeth into the FDA. A profit-driven system cannot be so dependent on trust, particularly when lives hang in the balance. Doctors and their patients also bear some responsibility for using drugs wisely. "All drugs have risk," observes physician-activist Wolfe. "Most of the time the benefits outweigh the risks. But there is abysmal ignorance on the part of the public about side effects." In a culture that has long been addicted to the quick fix, a healthy respect for the power of the pill -- negative as well...