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...Today's doctor is far less in-charge than was Marcus Welby. Patients tell us what to prescribe. They see prescription drugs advertised on TV. "Ask your doctor" means "go tell your doctor you want this pill." The tactic must work; I see more TV drug ads every time I turn the thing...
...HMOs tell us what to prescribe. They have lists of (cheap) drugs for which we don't have to spend hours filling out forms, and lists of (less cheap) drugs we can only get with forms, and lists of (not cheap) drugs they won't pay for no matter what...
...Hospitals tell us what to prescribe. They have formulary lists, somewhat like the HMOs, and contracts with equipment suppliers whose implants they force us to use. It is perhaps because of these strong voices that the reps are more effective. While those stern voices tell, the friendly pharma babe, just asking, is often a more forceful persuader...
...like to think that decades from now I will tell my grandchildren about Warne, regaling them - perhaps even boring them - with tales of the bowler's relentless, ruthless ability. But there is part of me that wants them to be able to experience the drama and splendor for themselves. At his best Warne seemed immortal, as if he could play forever. In stopping, he becomes too much like...
...With the exception of some copies pilfered from warehouses, the entire 400,000 print run of If I Did It - in which Simpson "hypothesized" how he would have killed his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman - was slated to be destroyed. As with most celebrity tell-all tales, however, Simpson's rights to the material will eventually revert back to him. Though the exact contractual language has not been made public, a source close to Simpson tells TIME that O.J. gets certain rights returned 12 months after the original publication date - which means he should...