"When many cures are offered for a disease, it means the disease is not curable" -Anton Chekhov
''Once you tell people there's a cure for something, the more likely they are to pressure doctors to prescribe it.'' -Robert Ehrlich, drug advertising executive.
"Opinions are like sphincters, everyone has one." - Chris Rangel
Upclose and Personal: Daniel Taylor of Dreaded Purple Master has been hospitalized. He’s in the intensive care unit with a cerebral hemorrhage. His wife has been posting updates on his condition, which are also insightful observations on the plight of the patient in modern medicine. Streams of doctors come in and out, the cardiologists and neurologists argue over the best treatment approach, test after test has to be endured, and all the while few take the time to tell the family what’s going on. It isn’t a very flattering picture of the profession, but it’s one that we should all take to heart. posted by Sydney on
8/20/2002 06:23:00 AM
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