Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many cases of chronic pain, the patient has something material or psychological to gain from suffering. Seattle Psychologist Bill Fordyce cites the case of a woman who developed lower-back pain when her physician-husband retired, perhaps so that he would still have someone to treat. Studies have shown that individuals with a pending lawsuit seeking compensation for injuries rarely get better until the suit is settled...
...President had a scare Friday afternoon when, during a checkup, doctors found a tiny colonic polyp. It proved benign. Indeed, said a physician who examined him, Reagan is in "very exceptional" shape as the general election campaign approaches. The frenzied, fretful, fractious Democrats might well envy that tiptop appraisal...
There can be no argument that to be a physician requires a working knowledge of the sciences which are basic to medicine. This does not imply that to be a physician one must be a biological scientist, anymore than an engineer must be a pure mathematician and a theoretical physicist. On the other hand, it does not follow that a well-trained scientist cannot be a good physician. The practice of medicine, if nothing else, is pluralistic and can accommodate people with wide variety of skills, knowledge and understanding. There are limits to the science which needs to be known...
...Finally, physicians and all of those who deal with ill people must be sensitive to their needs and their desire to know and understand their own problems, and to be aware that as a physician one must know and understand the ethics of our society and be called upon to render ethical opinions. This, too, is an area of knowledge that must be (supplied and) reemphasized in the process of teaching people to become physicians...
...perfect physician is one who knows all the science and technology relevant to medicine, who knows how to apply it skillfully for the benefit of one's patients, and, at the same time, is a wise compassionate counselor who earns his or her patient's trust and provides comfort in times of illness and need. Perfection may be impossible to achieve but to try always to reach it is the epitomy of the good physician...