WHEN I was talking to a patient in the gynecological ward, I couldn't help but notice the patient in the next bed. She was reading a book but didn't appear too engrossed. It seemed to me that she was trying to look calm, but her expression did not conceal her anxiety. Her behavior interested me, so I inquired about her. The head nurse told me that the patient's name was Mrs. Lowe and that she had been admitted because