Word: treating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman at the camp gave birth four weeks prematurely. Early the next morning the mother seemed alert as a nurse set up a drip to treat her cholera; but she continued to bleed, and died before noon. Her husband arose and left, and the baby, still caked with blood, was left alone on the mat. "Without breast-feeding she is going to die," said one relief worker, swaddling the baby in a cloth wrap and leaving her in a cardboard box in the corner of a tent...
...have been accused of stealing more than $132,000 from a charity that helps treat children with cancer...
Hearing such sentiments, veteran U.S. car buyers might justifiably pat the pockets where they hope their wallets still are and maybe run a pre-emptive check on their dentures, just to make sure. Are automobile dealers really deciding to treat customers like decent, autonomous human beings, or is this just another ruse -- call it the integrity scam -- to lure suckers back into the showrooms...
Each of the Big Three has begun taking steps to try to improve its dealers' sales-floor behavior. This spring Ford sent out a list of directions on how to treat the buying public, including such steps as "customers courteously acknowledged within two minutes of arrival," "test drive offered to all customers," and "advisory relationship established by knowledgeable sales consultant who listens to customers, identifies needs and ensures needs are met." Chrysler offers financial incentives; to earn the highest $300 factory payment on each unit, a Chrysler dealer must rate in the 95th percentile or better on Chrysler's internal...
...them to choose their own providers. The most radical attempt to accomplish this is the any-willing-provider clause contained in the bill passed by Sam Gibbons' House Ways and Means Committee last month. This bill would force health plans to hire any and all doctors who want to treat patients covered by the programs, so long as they meet such basic qualifications for employment as having state accreditation in their specialties and approval to practice at local hospitals. By doing so, the bill would make it illegal for existing health-care organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente, the largest nonprofit...