Reverse lobbying: what the legislators told physicians

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A large group of physicians rallied for tort reform in Washington D.C. during 1995, and legislators spoke to them on both sides of the issue. Rep Newt Gingrich (R) aims to create a more market-oriented health care system with lower costs and more choices. Rep Pete Stark (D) believes that Congress may have to make it unlawful not to treat Seniors if $400 billion is cut to relieve the federal budget.

Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Planning, Social policy, Tort reform, United States. Congress, Health care reform, Gingrich, Newt, Stark, Pete

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Multidisciplinary effort: clinic aims to understand children's pain

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The pediatric pain clinic at the Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago is a multidisciplinary effort directed toward the clinical definition and measurement of pain in children. The clinic works to define non-verbal pain traits and verbal descriptions of specific areas of pain.

General medical & surgical hospitals, Care and treatment, Management, Innovations, Services, Pain, Pain management, Child health services, Pediatric clinics, Hahn, Yoon S.

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Pediatricians give lobbying a good name

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Physicians in Tennessee persuaded the legislature to create legislation concerning child passenger restraint. The Tennessee Child Passenger Protection Act of 1977 and the effectiveness of automobile restraint devices and selt belts are discussed.

Prevention, Automobiles, Seat belts, Children's accidents, Sanders, Robert S.

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