Word: physicians
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Although the vote count was not final, by week's end it appeared that Ardito Barletta, an economist who had served as a vice president of the World Bank until last February, would score a narrow victory over Arias, a Harvard-educated physician who leads the conservative Alliance of Democratic Opposition. But the real victor would most likely be the 12,000-man National Defense Forces, Panama's only security force. Ostensibly the election was to be the first step toward removing the military from politics, under the provisions of the constitutional reforms approved by referendum...
...Physicians are being asked to walk a precarious tightrope as they attempt to meet the health-care needs of the elderly. Older people are justifiably frightened about modern medicine's ability to prolong life artificially. Considering the current medico-legal climate, there is frequently no alternative but to use such machines and devices even when it is against the physician's better judgment. Workable guidelines are needed to aid doctors as they try to achieve a balance between the concepts of death with dignity and the prolongation of meaningful life. Colorado's Governor Lamm...
Scattered grass-roots attempts to aid black families also seem hopeful. In Los Angeles, Dr. James Mays, a black physician, has set up an adopt-a-family program: each of 200 enrolled families is being provided with legal, medical and other services by a volunteer group. Washington recently put 40 welfare mothers through an experimental eight-month job-training course; most found employment. Five years ago, South Boston High School started encouraging its student mothers not to drop out; a pediatric nurse spends two days a week at the school dispensing advice on bringing up babies...
...Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wode, the celebrated abortion case, was handed down, our guests included a professor with an appointment at both the Divinity School and School of Public Health, a Roman Catholic nun, a pregnancy counselor at the Harvard University Health Services and a physician from the Massachuseets General Hospital. The purpose of this was more than informational. It was to provide intimate contact with a variety of professionals to help the students sort out possible career decisions. Some students even ended up getting summer jobs with our guests...
Many doctors feel uncomfortable with an attitude that is anything less than completely "aggressive" towards treatment, citing the Hippocratic Oath that all physicians take before practicing, which states that they will do all in their power to prolong or sustain life. But it is essential to remember that the oath was written thousands of years ago. The medical capabilities of the physician then were highly limited, so much so that it was safe to make such a promise without fear of the impending ethical questions raised by devices such as respirators or organ transplants. But many aspects of this oath...