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The English Patient

Director/Writer: Anthony Minghella Director of Photography: John Seale Editor: Walter Murch Music: Gabriel Yared Production Designer: Stuart Craig Producer: Saul Zaentz…

Brewer's: Patient

(The). Albert IV., Duke of Austria. (1377-1404.) (See Helena.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Patient GriselPatience cry the Lepers A B C D E F G H…

informed consent

(Encyclopedia) informed consent, in medicine, a patient's written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or other course of treatment, given after the physician has told the patient all of the…

Brewer's: Patient Grisel

Grisildes, Grisild, Grisilde, or Grisildis, according to Chaucer, was the wife of Wautier, Marquis of Saluces (Clerkes Tale ). According to Boccaccio, Griselda, a poor country lass, became…

medicine man

(Encyclopedia) medicine man, among Native Americans and other traditional peoples as far back as Paleolithic times, a person believed to possess supernatural healing powers. Like the shaman the…

gene therapy

(Encyclopedia) gene therapy, the use of genes and the techniques of genetic engineering in the treatment of a genetic disorder or chronic disease. There are many techniques of gene therapy, all of…

Broken English

Director:Gregor NicholasWriters: Gregor Nicholas, Johanna Pigott and Jim SalterDirector of Photography:John ToonEditor:David CoulsonMusic:Murray Grindlay and Murray McNabbProduction Designer:…

English Only?

The Question: My friend and I are having a debate. He says that the United States does not have an official language. I thought English was our official language. Who's right…

oxygen tent

(Encyclopedia) oxygen tent, device used to maintain a patient in an oxygen-rich environment. The oxygen tent is composed of a clear plastic sheet suspended over the bed and tucked beneath the…

living will

(Encyclopedia) living will or advance health care directive, legal document in which a person expresses in advance his or her wishes concerning the use of artificial life support and other medical…