As someone scheduled to undergo prostate surgery, I read "Person, Patient, Statistic" (Cases, Dec. 16) with interest and finally with a sense of dismay.
Of the 32 radiologists currently involved in a population-based mammography screening programme in the Tuscany Region, 19 accepted the invitation to undergo the test and read the set, displayed on a rotating viewer.
"Currently, the conditions of the world, the country and the party are continuing to undergo profound changes," he said, reading from excerpts from his report to the party congress, which convenes every five years.
Treatment options, risks, and the likelihood of success were fully explained to the patients, who agreed to undergo the PDT protocol, and read, discussed, and signed the consent form, which is part of the document file approved by the hospital's human ethics committee.
So first Lizzy asks prospective clients to undergo a high level psychic reading to "see what is attached" to them.
To read Christensen is to undergo a transformative experience that alters irrevocably one's sense of what poetry is and what it can do.
"What if you, or God forbid, members of your family had to undergo some of the treatments we are reading about in this report?" Williams asked.
To read the book is to undergo an esoteric initiation rite -- to join a secretive cult made up of more than 5 million readers in 24 countries.
The screening must be brief, as subjects are more likely to undergo screening if it is short, quickly completed and easy to read.
But you're likely to undergo this sort of grief at some point in your reading career anyway.
