Word: robinowitz
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Last month Joe Robinowitz, the news director, was composing a memo to the chairman of Fox Television in Los Angeles on the prospective replacement of employees who were "inept," "shallow" or "politically correct." In preparation for this task, he wrote, he had been consulting with conservative media critics, including L. Brent Bozell III, chairman of the Media Research Center, and Reed Irvine, head of Accuracy in Media. Singling out ineptitude and shallowness presumably would not have raised eyebrows, but hunting down political correctness in the company of Messrs. Bozell and Irvine was distinctly incorrect. Alas for Robinowitz, he left...
...groups of mental health professionals. Psychologists insist that the initiative is the only way to get valuable medications to all those who could benefit from them. Psychiatrists and many other doctors contend that granting such powers to people without adequate training is irresponsible and possibly dangerous. Says Dr. Carolyn Robinowitz, deputy medical director of the American Psychiatric Association: "We're talking about patients and their lives. I just hope people don't suffer serious complications for the sake of proving a point...
...psychologists are in a different league, many doctors maintain. In particular, says the A.P.A.'s Robinowitz, psychoactive medications are often more powerful than the drugs prescribed by other non-M.D.s. The tranquilizer Haldol, for example, acts not only on the brain but also on the cardiovascular system and the liver. Occasionally the medication can cause jaundice, severe skin problems and abrupt drops in blood pressure. Prescribers need to be able to spot problems wherever they may occur, not just those that show up in psychological disorders, says Robinowitz. There is also the danger of drug interactions. It is important...
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