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Regaining that sense of being in control is the principle behind another psychological technique designed to aid cancer patients. Devised by Fort Worth Radiologist Carl Simonton, the method requires the patient to imagine his tumor cells being hunted down and devoured by white-knight-like defender cells. Bizarre as it seems, the technique
...exposes the internal landscape as never before. "Its development," says British Radiologist Brian Worthington of the University of Nottingham, "is as significant as the development of the X-ray machine one hundred years ago." Unlike CAT and other forms of X ray, NMR can "see" with clarity through the thickest of bones. Thus, without painful injections of contrast material, it can reveal damage from a stroke buried deep beneath the skull, find tiny spinal cord injuries, and make it possible to differentiate the gray and white matter of the brain. "For the soft tissue of the body," says Worthington...
...film is not entirely cliché-free. The character played by Mason is a fairly standard woman-doctor stereotype: pretty but prim, with deep-frozen attitudes toward men and a sharp tongue, at first, for the handsome radiologist (Michael Brandon) who wants to cuddle. Oddly, it is the teen-age romance that escapes stereotype: the scenes between Buffy and her boyfriend (Paul Clemens) are remarkably real and touching. In balance, the film is decent and compassionate, and truthful enough not to disguise too much the fact that truth can hurt terribly. -John Skow
Doctors, too, tend to order every test that a patient could conceivably need. In part, that is done to reassure patients or to protect themselves against malpractice suits. Says Dr. E. Kash Rose, senior radiologist at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif.: "One study showed that 80% of skull X rays were unnecessary for care and treatment of patients. Rib X rays are done purely for the mental relief of the patient rather than for medical reasons. The treatment is exactly the same" whether the X ray discloses a fracture...
...trend, though, is toward charging. Psychiatrists long ago decided to bill all patients, including fellow doctors. Hospitals too have largely given up the practice of free care, as have many surgeons, especially since most doctors have health insurance to cover the bills. Thus, as Boston Pediatric Radiologist John Leonidas points out, "with all these third-party payers, professional courtesy is ultimately going to be obsolete anyway...