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Stephen Spielberg: Medical error occurs frequently in hospital, doctor told inquiry.
Stephen Spielberg: Medical error occurs frequently in hospital, doctor told inquiry.

Stephen Spielberg: Medical error occurs frequently in hospital, doctor told inquiry.

Date10/24/1983
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ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0134253F
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A first or mother's dictionary for children : containing upwards of three thousand eight hundred words which occur most frequently in books and conversation : simply and familiarly explained, and interspersed throughout with occasional remarks : the whole adapted to the capacities of younger pupils
A first or mother's dictionary for children : containing upwards of three thousand eight hundred words which occur most frequently in books and conversation : simply and familiarly explained, and interspersed throughout with occasional remarks : the whole adapted to the capacities of younger pupils
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Not happy: Gary Picton, head of tax inquiries in Toronto said the 31 percent error rate is unacceptable.
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3/20/1985
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
Medical students can experiment and practise more effectively on computers and robots than on animals, a Washington physician says. Dr. Neal Barnard, 34, a psychiatrist who founded the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine in 1984, told a seminar yesterday at a Toronto hospital that the medical community must weigh the interests of the animals before using them.
10/8/1987
There'll be a celebration Stanley Johnston (above), administrator of Doctors Hospital in Toronto, told his staff after learning of the court decision that may save the hospital
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5/10/1976
Wallace Matheson: Head of U.S.-owned publishing house concedes rationalization may occur.
Wallace Matheson: Head of U.S.-owned publishing house concedes rationalization may occur.
10/24/1985
Hooked on work: They are hyperactive, aggressive, restlesss, driving, highly competitive people who frequently suffer coronary disease, as well as ulcers and hypertention, says psychologist Ron Burke.
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11/14/1974
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
Big Jim Leeson parks his Cessna Skyplane, zips up his jacket and goes to pay a house call. By flying, Wiarton's Dr. Leeson figures he's beaten one of the biggest problems facing the progessive rural doctor today: Isolation from his colleagues and the big city medical centres. With his Cessna he can hop down to Toronto in an hour for a lecture. Still, he admits, a rural practice might not be every doctor's cup of tea, I'm a farm boy myself...I'm used to it, he says.
3/10/1970
Stroke victim: Specialists told Dr. Douglas Dalgleish he'd be blind on the left side and never walk again after his massive stroke, but he proved them wrong and has resumed his medical practice.
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5/14/1984
Dr. Ralph Masi: Ontario's co-ordinator of multicultural health says doctors need to be more sensitive to different cultures - beginning in medical school [Incomplete]
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3/13/1991
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10/7/1980
Trying to hlp: Dr. Jack Saunders, left, of the Ontario Medical Associton, and Frederick Glaser of the additon research foundation are both involved in programs to help adicted doctors.
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9/29/1983