Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...physician emphasized, however, that "we do not have, nor have we had so far, anyone with anything like Asian...
Early Life: Born in Lake Forest, Ill., son of a wealthy physician and Republican, he went to Hill Preparatory School in Pottstown, Pa., where his classmates voted him "biggest grind,'' and to Yale University (.'38), where he got his letter for boxing and football (end), though he had earlier won the unhappy practice-session distinction of dropping ten straight forward passes from Yale's All-America Clint Frank. He got a master's degree (1940) and a liberal bent from Harvard Business School ("I didn't raise my boy to be a Democrat," says...
...Unrealistic. When physicians cannot afford extra help, nurses, technicians, receptionists and doctors' wives are pressed into service to roll back the paper tide. The physician himself must read all the reports and sign them, must give technical information that only he can supply (some insurance companies even require reports in the doctor's own handwriting). Says an Atlanta surgeon: "I could spend a whole day right now, just dictating answers to this stack of forms here on my desk. But if I did that, how am I going to care for the people over at the hospital waiting...
...reputable doctor keeps records on his patients, regardless of insurance requirements, and most physicians will agree with a New Jersey insurance executive who says: "We have to make a diagnosis, too, when we determine payment. We've got to know something about the case." But doctors complain that insurance forms are not realistic, are more detailed than necessary and too diverse. Most frequent complaint: basic information about a patient's birthplace, business, earlier illnesses, etc. must be provided on most follow-up forms each time he gets new treatment. One Los Angeles physician gave a patient a simple...
What could be done? A yogi sent word that he could clear matters up in 30 minutes: "Ghosts scatter at my very presence," said he. "I can make oranges fly in the air." But the school decided on a new tack, at long last called in a physician. Last week the school was carrying out the doctor's recommendations by tearing down part of the big wall and giving the girls a little more freedom and fun. But just in case medical science failed, it also took the precaution of proclaiming 30 straight days of prayer to ask protection...