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...Dana-Farber research is the first of its kind. Part of an ongoing, larger examination of pediatric palliative care, the survey asked the parents about their attitudes toward hastening the death of their children (by the time of the study, the children's deaths had occurred between one and 10 years earlier) as well as their more current reactions to two hypothetical vignettes about children with fatal cancers. One vignette involved uncontrollable pain at the end of life, while the other involved irreversible coma. In both situations, the parents became more likely to endorse hastening death as the level...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Parents Weigh Hastening End for Dying Children | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

Weekday omelets and French toast may be on their way back to Harvard, if the Undergraduate Council has its way.  In a recent, preliminary report on the aftermath of hot breakfast cuts, the UC presented the findings of a 769-student survey on wellbeing.  The document detailed the dietary repercussions of the new breakfast arrangement, including a decrease in protein options that could create nutritional deficiencies.  Additionally, the UC provided potential suggestions for administrative changes to dining options, such as closing two Quad houses at lunch time, in exchange for opening one Quad...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Bringing Home the Bacon | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...whether that’s really indicative of the broad feeling across the community or whether that’s really just a couple of vocal folks, we don’t know,” Harris says. “That’s why we did the survey...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Schedule Change Amplifies Stress Among Students | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

Harris says it is “premature” to discuss any changes to the academic schedule before survey results have been reviewed, though that and other options are “being looked...

Author: By Melody Y. Hu and Eric P. Newcomer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Schedule Change Amplifies Stress Among Students | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

...change surgeries and treatments are covered by the state - as in some other countries - but those who opt for surgery have little choice in selecting their doctor. Surgeons complain that they are poorly equipped to perform the complicated procedures and that few have received specialized training, according to the survey. And some even say they are ostracized by their colleagues if they perform such surgeries. For these reasons, many transsexuals choose to undergo the procedure - at their own cost - across the border in Belgium, home to some of the best sex-change specialists in the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In France, Transsexuals Celebrate a Small Victory | 3/1/2010 | See Source »

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