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“Most doctors recognize that they're fallible, but they still strive for perfection.”

Lauris Kaldjian, associate professor of internal medicine in the Carver College of Medicine and director of the Program in Biomedical Ethics and Medical Humanities, speaking of the difficulties physicians have in admitting medical errors (Nashua Telegraph, May 27).

“It would be a challenge for us to figure out how to make up that loss.”

Stacey Cyphert, senior assistant director of University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, discussing a potential funding decrease of at least $3.9 million that would result from regulatory changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 25).

“We think of ourselves as faithful to our Puritan founders, but the United States regularly loses its innocence with scandals like this.”

Bruce Gronbeck, professor of communication studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, talking about political figures nervously following the Jeane Palfrey court case—a.k.a. the D.C. Madam scandal (The Guardian, May 12).

“As the increasing number of claims to the Veterans Administration shows, post-traumatic stress disorder has become a very significant public health problem.”

Nancy Andreasen, professor of psychiatry and director of the Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Center in the Carver College of Medicine, speaking of the need for development of better tests to evaluate affected veterans and determination of how best to compensate them (Los Angeles Times, May 9).