Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Board, wheremembers usually serve for six years.) Thesecandidates bring impressive resumes as well as apro-divestment position to the race. They are: NewYork City Councilor Ruth Messenger '62. ConsulWashington, counsel to the House Committee onEnergy and commerce, Peter D. Wood '64, aprofessor of history at Duke University, VictorSidel, a physician and social activist, JeromeGrossman '38, an activist for liberal causes andMassachusetts businessman, and Harold Burns, viceprovost of the City College of New York...
There is no evidence of deterioration in the President's physical condition. Prostate surgery on Jan. 5 has forced him to lighten his schedule temporarily, but his personal physician says he is "doing beautifully." Mentally, the President seems the same old Reagan. As one of his aides notes, the fresh spate of gossip about his detachment is "the same kind of stuff he has been accused of since the second week he has been here...
Born in Mecca, Khashoggi grew up with the confidence that comes from being the firstborn son in a country where the eldest boy is the prince of the family. His father, Dr. Mohammad Khashoggi, was the chief physician to King Abdul Aziz, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia. From his father, Khashoggi says, he learned the difference between compassion and realism, as well as the value of giving as a prelude to receiving. Khashoggi recalls that one oppressive summer afternoon when he was eight, he discovered a beggar asleep on the front steps. Knowing of Islam's emphasis on charity...
...more serious concern among doctors is that health-care providers will hurry into trendy services without acquiring real expertise. "I worry that in their entrepreneurial zeal they are going into things that they don't do well," says Physician Sidney Wolfe, director of the Naderite Public Citizen Health Research Group. Another complaint is that hospitals and clinics are putting too much emphasis on simple, promotable services, especially those aimed at the wealthy. Says Physician Ron Anderson, president of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas: "Many hospitals are becoming boutiques, delivering only the profitable services. It bothers...
...found that doctors decided themselves what was proper physician-patient etiquette without consulting patients. Dunn said she decided to get another opinion and asked patients what they thought was appropriate attire and manner for doctors...