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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank

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To: Solon who wrote (13198)5/7/2001 11:25:33 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (3) of 82486
 
If one merely wanted a life of relative comfort and emotional support--this would seem the way to go.

I think there's a lot that's appealing about a monastic life style, particularly in a visually appealing setting. It's hard to say what will become of that way of life as fewer and fewer young people enter.

I ran across an article on pain that reminded me of you.

<<Bergman's daughter Beverly, a mental health advocate in Oakland, said she spent two nights listening to her father moan and shake in agony after Chin discharged him from the hospital with what she said was inadequate pain medication. Chin declined to prescribe liquid morphine, a standard treatment for patients with pain from metastatic cancer. She said her father finally obtained relief when another doctor agreed to prescribe the medicine. He died the next day.

"I think the extreme pain he was in just wore him out," Beverly Bergman said.>>

Doctor's Duty to Ease Pain At Issue in Calif. Lawsuit
Physicians Are Wary in Prescribing Narcotics

washingtonpost.com
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