INTRODUCTORY.
The essays which compose this volume deal chiefly
with a variety of subjects to which every physician
must have given more or less thought. Some of
them touch on matters concerning...
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Although now largely forgotten, S. Weir Mitchell was once a celebrity: a prominent Philadelphia physician, America's foremost neurologist, and a best-selling author. Mitchell's controversial "rest cur...
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Access to health care in the war-shattered Somali capital is rapidly diminishing because violence is forcing doctors and patients to stay home, an aid agency said Monday, describing the situation a...
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"When Doctors Become Patients" (Oxford University Press, 333 pages, $35), by Robert Klitzman: At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, Robert Klitzman's sister, Karen, called her best friend from her office...
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Following reports of depression and suicide in patients taking the anti-smoking drug Champix, the European Union's medicine authority has begun investigating its safety.On Friday, the European Medi...
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A French court convicted a doctor Thursday in the poisoning death of a terminally ill cancer patient, in a trial that has raised the issue of euthanasia in France's presidential race.The court in s...
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. has suspended in New Jersey a new, controversial policy that enables it to fine doctors if their patients have lab tests in out-of-network facilities.The policy went into ef...
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UnitedHealth Group Inc. has suspended in New Jersey a new, controversial policy that enables it to fine doctors if their patients have lab tests in out-of-network facilities.The policy went into ef...
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The manufacturers of Prozac and other antidepressants should include prescribing information about an uncommon but life-threatening lung problem that affects babies born to mothers who take th...
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A French court convicted a doctor Thursday over the poisoning death of a terminally ill cancer patient, in a trial that has raised the issue of euthanasia in France's presidential race.The court in...
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Young adults beginning treatment with antidepressants should be warned about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior, U.S. government health officials said Wednesday.The Food and Drug A...
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Doctor and Patient
S(ilas) Weir Mitchell
Aid agency: Violence in Somali capital forces doctors, patients to stay home
