Word: physicians
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Relman: I think that withholding services is a totally inappropriate technique for physicians to use because they can only damage people who they're supposed to be serving. A strike is a legitimate social technique when it's a weapon against an employer but when physician strike, who are their Employers? The city of New York is not going to be hurt financially or economically by the strike. The people who are going to be hurt are the people who need the services in the hospital...I'm in total sympathy with their objectives if they are as stated...
Halberstam was a physician and author in Washington, D.C. While at college, he was associate managing editor of The Crimson, a member of the crew team, and a History concentrator. He won the Dana Reed prize for undergraduate writing, and graduated with honors...
...earlier stages of the mission were covered by correspondents stationed at NASA command centers in Texas and Florida. Houston Bureau Chief Robert Wurmstedt interviewed NASA Staff Physician Sharon Tilton to learn about the astronauts' physical and emotional condition in space. He soon discovered that the only way to communicate with technicians was by taking a crash course in scientific shorthand. Says Wurmstedt: "The major impression made on any reporter covering a space shot for the first time is the apparent inability of scientists to explain anything in laymen's terms. Even the letter F can be a mystery...
...sunshine and admire the tulips that had bloomed while he was in the hospital. He took penicillin orally to guard against infection of the lung pierced by the would-be assassin's bullet. But that was Reagan's only medication. The President's personal physician, Dr. Daniel Ruge, found no need to conduct any extensive examinations on his twice daily visits. He merely performed brief checkups and asked the First Patient how he felt. "It sure hurts to get shot," Reagan told aides with a wry smile. Nonetheless, he ate heartily enough to begin putting back some...
Ruge had been chosen White House physician because of his association with Loyal Davis, Nancy Reagan's father. A neurosurgeon, Ruge had met the President in earlier years but had not known him as a patient. Bit by bit, he was accumulating medical data and his impressions of Reagan's lifestyle, these observations perhaps more revealing than any statistics...