51.   The abundance of caution exhibited by Bush makes sense to Dr. Edwin A. Salsitz, an attending physician in the chemical dependency division at Beth Israel Medical Center.

52.   The attending physician and I never spoke directly of his decision to deny his patient permission to go on a pass.

53.   The attending physician looked at the woman sadly.

54.   The attending physician and I have seen eye-to-eye about her care.

55.   The attending physician has no responsibility under the act to initiate a discussion about physician-assisted suicide.

56.   The efficiency of having the attending physician on hand through the day, a specialist in the care of the seriously ill, is clear.

57.   The hotshot young gun who was Hawkeye Pierce is now the mentor, Dr. Ted Lawrence, a new attending physician at the Chicago hospital.

58.   The medical certification of death should be completed and signed by the attending physician if the attending physician is satisfied the case is a physician-assisted suicide.

59.   The patient should be encouraged to take the medication at a time when the attending physician is available, at least by phone.

60.   The second problem, Marion said, was the billing of Medicare by some attending physicians for a higher level of services than they actually performed.