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...substantive way. "She feels the way Jack feels," explains Fieger. "Her firm conviction ((is)) that human beings who are suffering have rights over their bodies." Last Thursday, Kevorkian assisted two more suicides, bringing his total to 15, and Janus was present. This time Kevorkian had a fellow physician on hand: Dr. Susan Grenz, a specialist in internal medicine from Palm Harbor, Florida, and sister of one of the suicides...
...long-necked bottles filled with liquids sitting on a shelf in the closet, and a few bags of dried leaves -- turtle socks and other things -- that could be brewed into foul-tasting teas." At the same time, Jacobs continues, "my mother recognized that more serious illnesses needed a regular physician...
Absolute numbers of primary--or "hands-on"--practitioners (general, family, internal and pediatric care) are on the increase. But most physicians and health care specialists recognize that the percentage of the physician pool those primary practitioners make up is decreasing at an alarming rate. Thirty years ago, 46 percent of U.S. physicians practiced primary care. Today, that number has fallen to 30 percent. In a poll conducted in 1991, fewer than 15 percent of third-year medical students (those who will graduate this year) expressed an interest in primary care...
...Physicians and health care experts acknowledge this trend, and express concern that the U.S. will be left without adequate levels of basic care. Instead, Americans face a glut of specialists who tend to charge more per visit. Specialists claim greater expertise and more experience. But they bypass a critical--yet less expensive--step in the health care process. It's a waste for a patient to visit a neurologist for a head cold checkup. It's a waste for the physician, as well...
...Both practices are still technically illegal, but doctors won't be charged if they notify coroners of their actions and if they follow certain guidelines. Among them: the patient must be mentally competent; must be suffering unbearable pain and request euthanasia repeatedly; and the doctor must consult a second physician before proceeding...