SOME SOAP FANS FAIL TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Some fans get so caught up in television stories, they associate with the character rather than the celebrity. One classic story focuses on Erica Kane, the "All My Children" vamp portrayed by Susan Lucci Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23 1946) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning American actress. Lucci has been called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by TV Guide. Early life Lucci was born to Jeanette and Victor Lucci. . The TV story line had Erica being admitted to the Betty Ford Center. The fan mail - most of it supportive - started coming in. Hospital spokesman John Boop confirmed that Lucci's character was registered at the center, but noted that patient confidentiality patient confidentiality Medical practice A Pt's right to privacy and freedom from public dissemination of information that the Pt regards as being of a personal nature. See HIPAA, Medical privacy. forbade him to talk about her correspondence. When queried about special treatment for celebrities and their conditions, Boop said, "We have a reputation for drawing a certain type of patient. They are not given special treatment. They all have roommates. They all have chores. They are ill with a medical illness called chemical dependency chemical dependency n. A physical and psychological habituation to a mood- or mind-altering drug, such as alcohol or cocaine. chemical dependency ." An ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. network spokeswoman added, "I'm not sure about the mail, but people were trying to book themselves into the clinic when Erica Kane was scheduled to be there." |
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