when medicine kills
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Max Mednik
WhenMedicine
Kills
Libby Zion (1984)
A Killer Problem
Source: Institute of Medicine Report (1999).
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A Killer Problem
Kidney
Alzheimer's
Influenza
Diabetes
Accidents
Medical Errors
Respiratory
Stroke
Cancer
Heart
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$19.5B
Source: Institute of Medicine Report (1999).
Drunk Doctoring
Source: Nature Magazine (1997).
BAC0.00
0.02
0.04
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0.08
0.10
=24 hours awake
A Killer Profession
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Source: Dr. Pauline Chen, New York Times (October 2010).
A Killer Profession
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Source: Dr. Pauline Chen, New York Times (October 2010).
A Killer Profession
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Source: Dr. Pauline Chen, New York Times (October 2010).
”“
It’s 1:00am, and I'm ready to go to bed when there's a
code blue.
”“
It’s 1:00am, and I'm ready to go to bed when there's a
code blue.Probably a nice man with a loving wife and
concerned children,
”“but I don't want him to live
if it means I don't sleep.
It’s 1:00am, and I'm ready to go to bed when there's a
code blue.Probably a nice man with a loving wife and
concerned children,
”“but I don't want him to live
if it means I don't sleep.
It’s 1:00am, and I'm ready to go to bed when there's a
code blue.Probably a nice man with a loving wife and
concerned children,
I just want to sleep.