Healing the physicians editorial calls for sick doctor laws
Editorial notes American medicine struggles with removing unfit doctors and cites California actions in 1972. AMA proposes model legislation to restrict or revoke licenses for physically or mentally unfit physicians, with early referral and safeguards for civil rights. It cites Florida's 1969 law and urges proactive, constructive concern to protect patients and rehabilitate doctors.
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California
Robert C. Derbyshire
Santa Fe
Federation of State Medical Boards
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Hawaii
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Medical World News
American Medical Association
AMA
State Medical Board
Licensing Board
Letters to the editor spotlight inmate mail program
Readers react to bureaucratic indifference and praise a Fortune Society initiative that matches inmates with concerned civilians for letter support. Over 6,000 participants, 500 inmates awaiting matches, and a call to write to Correspondence, The Fortune Society, 29 E. 2nd St, New York.
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ITOR
Fortune Society
Free World
The
NewYork
N.Y
Laos Press and Power Shifts in Laos Coalition
Laos moves toward Communist control as the coalition of Souvanna Phouma’s rightists and the Pathet Lao strengthens in Luang Prabang and Vientiane. The National Assembly is sidelined, a 42 member council takes over, and a press censorship plan sails through amid warnings of violence and a waning freedom of the press.
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Vientiane
Laos
National Assembly
Joint
National Political Consultative Council
Assembly
Viet Cong
Khmer Rouge
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lan
U.S
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Council
Taos
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Cabinat
Information Ministry
Souk Vongsack
Nixon faces hard line in Moscow standoff over missiles
Nixon and Kissinger confront a deep deadlock with Brezhnev over MIRV deploy ment and strategic arms. Kissinger warned NSC of a potential 6 to 1 Soviet lead in launchable warheads unless ceilings curb MIRV missiles. Brezhnev’s stance, while possibly intellectually ready for limits, remains uncertain as U.S. pressure escalates and SALT tempo slows.
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Moscow
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Kissinger
National Security Council
NSC
Brezhnev and Co
Brezhnev
Pentagon
Congress
Washington
Breztnev
Charitable judgments vs. patriotism and self-interest
A editorial remark urges restraint in criticizing officials and promotes charity in judgment. It notes that outward displays of patriotism may mask self-serving motives, suggesting readers reserve harshness for their own errors.
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Healing the Physicians
Florida
George S. Palmer
Board of Medical Examiners
Palmer
Herbert C. Modlin
Topeka
Council On Mental Health
Dr. Modlin
Gordon Barnhart
Karl Menninger
Jessica Mitford
Edwin Newman
Gloria Steinem
James Weehsler
Tom Wicker
Edston
George Rabeson
Long Beach
Rabeson
United States
DON Poss
Peter J. Doeswyck
David
Daeswyck
Uriah
Owife
Faiman
Watergate and
Nixon & Co
Kennedy
Truman
Johnson
Paltet Lao
Hevid
Vietiane
Sisonk Na Champassac
Omana
Robert Novak
Ranv Land Evans
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