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...Carolina School of Medicine, the psychiatrist?s loyalty lies solely with his client. If a patient commits murder and confesses the crime to his doctor, and that doctor is subpoenaed and asked point-blank whether his client committed the murder, the psychiatrist is supposed to do almost anything to avoid implicating his patient. Why? First to maintain that patient?s trust. Second, because people tell their psychiatrists they plan to do things they have no intention of actually doing. "In a neutral, controlled setting," notes Dr. Harding, "plenty of patients come in and say all sorts of things they...
Here are a few other missteps and ways to avoid them...
...even if accepted at face value, the Wisconsin and Texas rulings raise vexing issues about enforcement and privacy. Wisconsin is anticipating possible paternity tests on Oakley's girlfriends' future children. Torres is being polygraphed regularly on his love life. That's a chat most public servants would probably rather avoid...
...those from liposuction clinics and taco stands. The Norbert Wabnig Cheese Store of Beverly Hills has applied because, says Shivon Ryan, cheeses are "perishables and require refrigeration." (And who knows how many Angelenos might perish without goat cheese?) Sick Dog's Tattoo parlor in Westminster absolutely requires power to avoid "panic poking," according to owner Frank Salderelli. (NOTEBOOK's verdict: give it to him.) An unexplained mystery is why the Orange County Council of The Boy Scouts of America applied for a blackout exemption. Shouldn't they, of all people, rely on simply being prepared...
...everybody “hon” and we always dance when the Destiny’s Child classic “Independent Woman” comes on the radio (“All the women who are independent/Throw your hands up at me”). The tricks to avoid being overwhelmed, as my trainer Ruthie taught me, are to always do something, and to know that anything can be kept clean with hot water and bleach...