Word: physicians
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...Abortions at this stage are relatively simple, virtually bloodless procedures; they account for about 800,000 of the 900,000 legal abortions now performed annually in the U.S. Under the 1973 Supreme Court ruling, first-trimester abortions are essentially free of regulation but must be performed by a licensed physician...
Others, particularly Boston's famed medical community, have staunchly stood their ground. Boston City Hospital issued a "statement of support" and called Edelin "an outstanding physician whose professional performance has been and continues to be at the highest level... consistent with the highest prevailing standards of medical care, and we strongly reaffirm his continuing staff appointment." The hospital does not intend to change its abortion regulations. At Boston's Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. Louis Burke, head of OBG, declared: "I think it's a travesty of justice. This man was working in the context of the Supreme...
Variety in view and routine is a relaxant. Ford now has an informal office just beyond the Oval Office. Unlike Nixon, this President frequently takes off his coat and works in shirtsleeves. His pipe is handy and in constant use. White House Physician William Lukash believes such little things reduce tedium and tension. Ford likes movies at night but sometimes flakes out. He fell asleep during a screening of The Sugarland Express but stayed the distance for Chinatown. There is an effort to introduce soothing potions of humor in the daily rituals. When Hollywood's gorgeous Candice Bergen...
Like so much else surrounding the storied career of Greece's best-known businessman, Onassis' illness was cloaked in mystery. After he spent a day in the Paris hospital, all his physician would say was that the patient "has been shaken by very heavy influenza...
Most medical authorities agree that it is unthinkable for a physician to with hold a proven remedy for a disease from his patients. But in 1972, the U.S. Pub lic Health Service reluctantly admitted that it had done just that. In an effort to study the effects of syphilis on the human body, the PHS, in a Macon County, Ala., study, allowed 425 poor, un educated black men who had the dis ease, and who were recruited through local clinics, to go untreated. The dis closure of the 40-year study stirred an immediate outcry (TIME...