Word: physicians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senate takes up thenomination of Dr. Henry Foster as Surgeon General, President Clinton has launched an intensive effort to bolster the Tennessee physician's chances. Sidestepping conservative broadsides about Foster's abortion record, Clinton today declared the 61-year-old obstetrician-gynecologist a "pro-life, pro-choice doctor." Foster will testify Tuesday before the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who has threatened to block a full Senate vote on the controversial nomination, said the GOP will hammer at the Administration's belated disclosures that Foster had supervised hundreds of abortions. "This is about telling...
HAVE A WELL-TRAINED PHYSICIAN EXAMINE 10 patients a day, and without doubt good care will be provided. But increase that number to 50 patients a day, and see what happens. Even Michael Jordan's dexterity would wane if Jordan were called upon to play three games a night...
...left with a sense of dread. Although Jernberg felt fine, a sophisticated protein test indicated that he might have prostate cancer. A subsequent biopsy was inconclusive, but a second one disclosed that he indeed had the beginnings of a tumor. "Of course, we'll operate next week," the physician told him. Not so fast, Jernberg thought. He feared the possible side effects of prostate surgery, including incontinence and even impotence. After consulting another doctor, who explained that many prostate cancers grow extremely slowly, Jernberg decided not to have the operation. "Maybe I won't live for 20 more years...
...roommates and I spent the week figuring waysto get out of Mather. One of them thought abouthaving her mother, a physician, tell theadministration that my roommate needed to livesomewhere with a bathtub (curiously, there arenone in Mather) due to back problems. Talking tosomeone who knew someone was mentioned, andquickly discarded. We soon gave up and decidedwe'd make the best of our living arrangements.After all, we were getting good at that...
Dana-Farber has acknowledged full responsibility for Lehman's death, as well as the permanent heart damage of another woman who managed to survive an identical fourfold overdose. In addition to ordering an exhaustive investigation, the hospital's top physician has mandated additional precautions against such egregious mistakes. Staff members have been reassigned, and the pharmacy's computer program has been modified so that drugs cannot be dispensed over preset limits...