'Yeah, but on the other hand I didn't watch my mother die of a curable illness and-' 'Hey-' 'And then go to work for the people who made it happen.'

The 29 buildings in this complex are mainly hospitals where new immigrants were sent to give birth, to be treated for curable illness or to die of illnesses that had no cure.

White Dog is a "blunt, highly cinematic parable about race relations" that questions whether racism is a curable mental illness or learned behavior, or if it is an untreatable disease.

All were discharged with a diagnosis of schizophrenia "in remission", which Rosenhan takes as evidence that mental illness is perceived as an irreversible condition creating a lifelong stigma rather than a curable illness.

"What people see is a potentially curable illness."

His mother died of a curable illness on the four-hour journey, which Ed never forgot.

Unlike hospice care, palliative medicine is appropriate for patients in all disease stages, including those undergoing treatment for curable illnesses and those living with chronic diseases, as well as patients who are nearing the end of life.

While physicians may do an excellent job treating potentially curable illnesses, after modern medicine has no further treatment to offer, they often become tongue-tied and may even abandon their patients, leaving the task of emotional support to friends and family.

As in wealthy countries, most people in poor countries die from curable illnesses, such as lung infections and diarrheal diseases [source: WHO].

Mona might have a curable illness, he suggested, but he couldn't tell simply by looking at her.