Rape is a side note for doctors to consider, but not a justification for abortion in and of itself.
In Virginia, I found that some judges were asking for notes from doctors, while others were not.
The notes for one doctor suggested an expectation that those offered an arrangement where they helped design a device would become loyal users.
"For the most part, physicians are fairly risk-averse, and there has been a slow adoption time," said Dr. David Grayzel, the chief executive of Catalyst Medical Solutions, which makes a note-writing system for doctors that translates procedures into billing language and makes the notes ready for review in an academic setting.
Notes: For the patient-doctor agreement study, n = 122 except for missing responses (maximum 8) or where indicated by asterisk; for patient-patient study n = 141, except for missing responses (maximum 7) or where indicated by asterisk.
One physiotherapist mentioned: "If recovery is good and it's 'business as usual', well then we won't make a note for the doctor to say 'ehh… the patient came to see us, everything is going well'".
And its theme tune could still, on the evidence of my contemporaries be trapped in their retro haze, be hummed with the same note-for-note precision as the Doctor Who melody.
Fazel noted that in guidelines for doctors treating major depression, there is considerable focus on whether a patient is likely to self-harm or attempt suicide, yet little attention is given to violence.
To ease the pressure, Wellesley has relaxed policies on attendance for sick students, instructing professors not to require doctors' notes for absences or to penalize students for missing class.
"After two years of treatment with toxic drugs, less than half of such chronic TB patients are cured, and that's very demoralizing," noted Stobdan Kalon, the medical coordinator for Doctors Without Borders here.
