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...bilateral mastectomy in Room 402." But it doesn't usually work that way. While doctors are often in a better position than most of us to spot the hazards in the hospital and the holes in their care, they can't necessarily fix them. They can't even avoid them when they become patients themselves. When Dr. Lisa Friedman felt the lump in her breast in the summer of 2001, she did--nothing. "I just sat on it," she says, "because I clicked into the mode of being physician, not patient, and I thought, 'Most lumps are not cancer...
...resist having tests done if they aren't absolutely sure they are needed. They weigh the advantages of teaching hospitals at which you're more likely to find the genius diagnostician vs. community hospitals where you may be less likely to bring home a nasty hospital-acquired infection. They avoid having elective surgery in July, when the new doctors are just starting their internships in teaching hospitals, but recognize that older, more experienced physicians may not be up to date on the best standards of care...
...study as part of this meeting.Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Director of Undergraduate Studies Howard Georgi ’68, who sponsored the defeated amendment, wrote in an e-mail that the plan of study would ensure that students “look carefully at their schedules and avoid mistakes that will be costly to them later in their academic careers.”Georgi wrote that the Physics Department would likely still require its students to fill out the plan of study.Some concentrations, however, will be spared the administrative overhaul.The Chemistry Department, for example, which only has an optional...
...humorist’s satirical songstylings.Ingber’s songs poked fun at the hypocrisy of rock stars, Facebook users, and non-conformists. Chatter in between songs gave him a chance to amuse the audience with his stand-up. He advised fellow students looking for summer jobs to avoid using “sexyassholebitch@yahoo.com” as their reference email address.His show, which immediately followed Winthrop Stein Club, wisely followed the cardinal rule of comedy: always provide alcohol to the audience.An estimated 100 people turned out to support Ingber, who is happy with the turnout...
...either on the constitution or on the election results - results, he claimed, which didn't necessarily reflect the true will of the Iraqi people . Such a move would likely provoke a violent Shi'ite reaction, if not full-scale civil war, which the moderate Sistani would be anxious to avoid...