But the doctors later conceded that they had treated him a year after the transplant for a recurrence of lymphoma.

(One doctor reluctantly conceded that a home birth may be an option due to my "proven pelvis" - a phrase that always makes me smile.)

But even when their attitude is caring, some doctors concede, they have hardened as a self-defense mechanism.

More recently, the doctor called to catalogue Mr. Simpson's infirmities conceded that the defendant was strong enough to kill.

Many doctors concede that the profession brought some of this backlash on itself.

A doctor who examined Mr. Butler conceded in an interview today that he doubts the defendant's competence.

Many doctors concede that they see overuse and that it has just become a part of the medical landscape.

"Could be," the doctor conceded.

"I suppose I could leave you a lamp," the doctor conceded.

There is nothing harmful about the specific agreements themselves, the doctors usually concede; what makes them undesirable is that they will lull Western publics to sleep.