Word: sickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...together as he should be-male and female. Remember where it says in Genesis: 'He gave them dominion.' " On her first regular work day as a priest, Means cleaned her house, then visited Larue-Carter psychiatric hospital, where she calls on the sick. Declared a woman patient: "She will be a keystone because of her love of people, her stamina, her inner strength." Later at the Women's Prison, inmates greeted the new priest with hugs and kisses. "Maybe I can make it too," one said. As the diocese's institutional chaplain, Means will have priestly...
Avon's editors believe the question echoes a cry from the hearts of millions of American wives and mothers. These women, says an Avon executive, are sick of being used as domestic drudges and emotional garbage bags. "They identify with Rosemary's heroines because the heroines do everything the average housewife longs to do - they travel to exotic places, meet famous people, have passionate affairs with fascinating men, and in the end fall madly in love and live happily ever after." Identification is made easy because Rogers' heroines - and her heroes for that matter - are at worst...
...seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm. -Florence Nightingale...
...generally had high regard for the medical skills of their doctor colleagues; 28% considered the doctors excellent and 53% good, about the same rating they had for their fellow nurses' performance. But they were far less enthusiastic about the level of psychological support that the doctors give the sick; as many as 77% of the nurses assessed the doctors' performance in that area as either fair or poor. The most startling figure involved fatal accidents: 42% of the nurses said they knew of deaths that could be attributed to doctors' mistakes; 15% noted that they had witnessed...
Equal rights for women in the workplace must begin with a recognition that men and women play different biological roles, and an awareness that their needs--particularly in health care--are very different. If women are to have careers, sick pay for leaves incurred during pregnancy and for complications arising in childbirth must be included in comprehensive medical plans. The Supreme Court decision must be reversed if women are to advance beyond a choice between having a family and holding down...