Duke in the News: Feb. 28, 2003
Case Enters Malpractice Debate | Columnist Says Its Time to Fight for Social Justice | Publicly Quiet, Privately Influential | Canadian Filmmaker Debuts Film on Afghan Women, and more...
Friday, February 28, 2003
CASE ENTERS MALPRACTICE DEBATE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Feb. 28 -- Jesica Santillan's death
at Duke University Medical Center was the rallying point Thursday
on Capitol Hill for opponents of a plan by President Bush to cap
damages in medical malpractice lawsuits. ...
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--Also, (Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun: Mentor Defends Duke's
Jaggers
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Dallas Morning News: Editorial: Surgery Forces Us to Confront
Policy Issues
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ABC News: Family to Bury Transplant Teen in U.S.
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COLUMNIST SAYS IT'S TIME TO FIGHT FOR SOCIAL
JUSTICE
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Feb 28 -- Syndicated columnist Arianna
Huffington told a Duke audience Thursday night that the movement
against a war in Iraq will likely morph into a general social
justice movement that fights to put a focus on domestic issues.
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PUBLICLY QUIET, PRIVATELY INFLUENTIAL
Washington Post, Feb. 28 -- Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, understands that the way to influence Bush
administration policy is from the inside, according to Peter
Feaver, an associate professor at Duke University and expert on
civilian-military relations. ...
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CANADIAN FILMMAKER DEBUTS FILM ON AFGHAN
WOMEN
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun -- Dr. Sima Samar, a female Afghan doctor
and proponent of girls' education who ignored Taliban edicts and
kept seeing patients, is the focus of Sally Armstrong's 2002 film
"Daughters of Afghanistan," which will make its U.S. premiere here
on Saturday night at Duke University's Center for Documentary
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WHAT IS THE UNITED NATIONS SEIZING,
ANYWAY?
Slate, Feb. 27 -- Slate's "Explainer" columnist, with the help of
Duke law professor Michael Byers, tackles the phrasing of a new
U.S.-backed draft resolution that would authorize the use of
military force against Iraq. ...Full story
ADVISERS TELL BUSH CLIMATE PLAN IS
USELESS
(London) Guardian, Feb. 27 -- "I've been doing ecosystems science
for 30 years, and we know what we know and what we don't know,"
said Duke's William Schlesinger, a member of a National Academy of
Sciences panel advising the President on his climate-change
strategy plan. ...
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LEATHERBACK TURTLE DISAPPEARING
Voice of America, Feb. 28 -- Larry Crowder of Duke University told
delegates to an American Association for the Advancement of Science
meeting that leatherbacks are quickly disappearing. He warned that
the creatures could disappear within the next 10 to 30 years. ...
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EARLY TV HABITS MAY AFFECT LATER SEX
BEHAVIOR
Joliet (Ill.) Herald News, Feb. 28 -- Duke biology research
professor Peter Klopfer comments on a new report contending that
movies, TV programs and videos that people watch in childhood can
influence later decisions about engaging in promiscuous sex. ...
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HOW TO AVOID THE MOMMY TRAP
Arlington (Va.) Sun-Gazette, Feb. 28 -- A graduate of Duke
University Law School, Julie Shields recently published her first
book, 'How to Avoid the Mommy Trap: A Roadmap for Sharing Parenting
and Making It Work.'
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