The doctors also maintained that the 1989 accident was not severe enough to have caused his disability.

Questions are asked as to how long the doctor must maintain his patient on such a machine before discontinuing its use.

While doctors maintain that the girl will never recover, her father says he is waiting for a miracle.

It also allows doctors and patients to maintain more eye contact.

The doctor has maintained that her death was the natural consequence of a stroke she suffered three months earlier at the age of 80.

By law, doctors must maintain their professional knowledge with ongoing professional education.

But the doctor maintains that making the dead useful for the living, not death itself, informs his work.

Many doctors maintain such standards are necessary for patient safety.

A doctor I know maintains a fairly typical relationship with the pharmaceutical industry.

"The doctors maintained all along that he was fine," Martz said.