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Killjoy alert:

So, being that kinda guy, I moseyed over to Google Scholar and entered "Karen Weatherby". The first three hits mentioned the story and for a moment I wondered if holy crap is this real? Following the links however, reveals that this story has been academically denied for at least nine years.

Walker, JH and Le, Q (2001) Rural health and IT: a critical disclosure analysis perspective. In: The 6th National Rural Health Conference, 4-7 March 2001, Canberra, Australia.