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Helping patients

Helping patients

Date4/30/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Helping patients: Cynthia Carver's newly published book, Patient Beware!, tells you how to find a good doctor and what to ask about treatments. She also wants patients to become partners in the health care system and encourage doctors to think more of their needs.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0036857F
Revolution: Dr. Harold Johns demonstrates the high-energy radiation unit he developed. It took 60 minutes to treat patients with 200,000-volt machines(...)
Revolution: Dr. Harold Johns demonstrates the high-energy radiation unit he developed. It took 60 minutes to treat patients with 200,000-volt machines(...)
6/27/1980
Their favorite doc: Dr. Norman Jones is head and shoulders over some of the 500 patients and friends who turned out to honor him at the Cliffcrest Com(...)
Their favorite doc: Dr. Norman Jones is head and shoulders over some of the 500 patients and friends who turned out to honor him at the Cliffcrest Com(...)
5/10/1984
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
Doctor arrives: Dr. Norman Jones, 68, is welcomed as he makes a house call. Jones who admits he now prefers to see most of his patients in his office,(...)
4/16/1987
Dr. Bernard Goldman, surgeon in charge of the balloon pump at Toronto General Hospital, says the device ''allows us to work safely on patients who jus(...)
Dr. Bernard Goldman, surgeon in charge of the balloon pump at Toronto General Hospital, says the device ''allows us to work safely on patients who jus(...)
2/24/1975
Image shows six men running while the doctor watches.
A group of cardiac patients jog around track at rehabilitation centre on Rumsey Rd., as Dr. Terrance Kavanagh, left, watches.
5/31/1973
Dr. Guy Prouix, left, helps a group of amnesia patients improve their memories
Dr. Guy Prouix, left, helps a group of amnesia patients improve their memories
3/16/1993
Tumor specialist: Dr. Rudy Falk, beside ba machine that helps destroy cancer cells with heat, treats 30 to 50 terminally ill patients day at his private clinic
Tumor specialist: Dr. Rudy Falk, beside ba machine that helps destroy cancer cells with heat, treats 30 to 50 terminally ill patients day at his private clinic
4/16/1990
Two leaders of a group of doctors who now extra-bill their patients say that if the government bans the practice, they will defy the law, pay the fine(...)
Two leaders of a group of doctors who now extra-bill their patients say that if the government bans the practice, they will defy the law, pay the fine(...)
3/18/1986
Bust of Dr. Banting. Years ago she sculptured a life-size bust of the scientist and recalled today how patient he was through the weary hours of posin(...)
Bust of Dr. Banting. Years ago she sculptured a life-size bust of the scientist and recalled today how patient he was through the weary hours of posin(...)
2/28/1941
Dr. Walter Bobechko and patient Gayla Pollack
Dr. Walter Bobechko and patient Gayla Pollack
3/22/1979
Health guarantee: Dr. Michael Gordon, author of a medical guide for seniors, chats with former patient Olga Tamas, 86, at Baycrest Hospital. Gordon ad(...)
Health guarantee: Dr. Michael Gordon, author of a medical guide for seniors, chats with former patient Olga Tamas, 86, at Baycrest Hospital. Gordon ad(...)
5/9/1986
Dr. Robert Cooper's back at work, welcomed by patient Ernest Hunter and staff
Dr. Robert Cooper's back at work, welcomed by patient Ernest Hunter and staff
11/17/1978