Not Long Ago, A Teaching Hospital Installed A Computer To Interview Patients Visiting Its Gynecology Department.

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Not long ago, a teaching hospital installed a computer to interview patients
visiting its Gynecology department. Apparently several of the programmers
were not familiar with Medicine. One of the questions it asked was, "Are you
having your monthly period now?" If the answer was 'yes', the computer would
send the woman away and make a new appointment -- in four weeks time.

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