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...dispute that the story raised troubling questions about a practice that may occur in hospitals more often than most patients realize -- or most doctors are willing to admit. J.A.M.A. Editor George Lundberg says his own staff split over whether or not to publish the piece. But two medical peer- review panels urged him to publish it. Lundberg, who believes the anonymous account is genuine (though J.A.M.A. has made no attempt to verify it), decided to go ahead. "My intent was to produce vigorous debate on a timely topic," he says. "We are technologically capable of prolonging dying at great cost...
...think necessarily a beer bash is thething to do," said Richard Lundberg...
Even away from the hoopla, a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was selling for an average of 93 cents across the country, vs. $1.13 at the same time last year. Dan Lundberg, who puts out the Los Angeles-based Lundberg Letter on the gasoline industry, expects the price difference between this year and last for all types of gasoline to reach an average of 21.6 cents per gal. If that happens, Lundberg says, the U.S. will spend roughly $23 billion less for gasoline than last year's bill of $128.5 billion...
Gasoline price wars are often fought over a profitable intersection and sometimes engulf an entire city. Never before, however, has the entire U.S. been involved. With gasoline consumption declining, the battle has proved to be exceedingly costly to oil companies and retailers alike. According to Analyst Dan Lundberg, the average price per gallon fell an astonishing 150 between July 1982 and last February, from about $1.30 to about $1.15. Lundberg says only a nickel of the drop is attributable to a decline in the price of crude. The other 10? came out of the oil companies' profits and cost...
...even if these technological wonders occur, the costly artificial heart is sure to raise some difficult questions. "How much is life worth?" asks Dr. George Lundberg, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "How much is one or more days of longer life worth? Is every life worth the same amount...