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...those physicians are in Oregon. Many doctors admit to being willing to administer so-called terminal sedation, raising drug levels high enough to induce a fatal coma. Others simply increase morphine doses until the patient stops breathing. In 1998 the New England Journal of Medicine published a physician survey showing that when patients asked for lethal prescriptions, 16% of doctors complied, albeit quietly. "Aid in dying happens in every state," says assemblywoman Patty Berg, co-sponsor of the California bill. "We need to bring it out of the closet, impose legal safeguards and careful oversight...
Despite the comparative ease with which the suicide statute has become a part of mainstream medical care in Oregon, many patients seeking lethal drugs still have to shop for a doctor. Catholic hospitals and even some nondenominational ones forbid their physician employees from writing such prescriptions. While a general survey found that 51% of the state's physicians support the act, only 34% say they would be willing to be the one writing the prescription. Instead, many refer patients to Compassion in Dying, a local nonprofit that can recommend willing doctors. That is the group Lillian Sullivan, 77, turned...
...computer monitors tell the grill guy what to grill, a drinks-and-fries person what else to grab and the window worker which car gets the bag. That division of labor lets in-store employees focus on food prep, says Bigari, 45, and makes for faster, friendlier service. A survey taken a year after the call center went live found that drive-through time decreased by more than a minute; friendliness, as measured by a series of questions to customers, jumped 11%; employee turnover dropped by half; and order mistakes were virtually wiped...
...industry competitor Robert Morse, Director of Data Research for US News and World Report, takes issue with Princeton Review’s survey...
...survey is available on the Princeton Review website and in the Princeton Review book “Best 357 Colleges: 2005 Edition...