Doctor Proposes Heart Transplant Score of Dying
In San Francisco, Dr Vincent J Collings urged the AMA to consider a ten point heart transplant death score measuring consciousness brain activity reflexes movement respiration circulation and heart action to decide when to pull the plug on a dying patient Collings warned brain waves can be silenced yet life can return and urged doctors to withdraw artificial supports when no benefit remains The debate touched on moral legal and theological questions surrounding organ transplantation and the limits of medical responsibility
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San Francisco
UPI
American Medical Association
Vincent J. Collins
Chicago
Committee On Medicine and Religion
Collins
Hoketoen Institute For Medical Research
Collings
Paul B McCleave
AMA
Department of Medicine and Religion
Protesters Picket AMA Meet Over Discrimination Claims
About three dozen demonstrators mainly doctors and health workers picketed the opening session of the American Medical Association convention. They accused the nation’s largest medical group of economic and racial discrimination, carrying signs calling for more Black representation in medical schools and action against poverty. Lectures by Dr. Provonska and Dr. Lewis framed ethical concerns about patient autonomy and life-support decisions.
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San Francisco
UPI
Fairmount Motel
AMA
Medical Committee For Human Rights
MCHR
Tray “Arta Poor People’s
Cancer hereditary linked to family history says researcher
Dr Henry Lynch and colleagues report a hereditary component in cancers of the large intestine and uterus. The study indicates about a 50 percent lifetime risk for relatives when cancer occurs in families, urging early and regular targeted screenings. Dr Melvin Block notes medullary thyroid carcinoma may run in families as a dominant trait.
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San Francisco
UPI
American Medical Association
Henry T. Lynch
Creighton University School of Medicine
Onaha
Neb
Lynch
Melvin A. Block
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit
Block
Bank of America Personal Choice Checking Plans Spelled Out
Bank of America outlines two checking plans the Basic CHecerna PLAN and BankAmericard Tenplan. The Basic CHecerna PLAN waives service charges if the minimum balance is 500 or more and uses a standard monthly charge based on checks written and balance. A reduced-fee Tenplan lets BankAmericard users pay ten cents per check with no maintenance charge if the minimum balance falls below 100.
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Bank of America
Tenrlan
Americard
BankAmericard
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Oregon University Medical School
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