Physician-Assisted Death Is Illegal In Most States, So My Patient Made Another Choice.doi:10.1377/HLTHAFF.2011.0833A personal narrative from David Muller, the dean for medical education at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, is presented, which explores his experience with an old ...
Society must decide if physician-assisted death is permissible and desirable to resolve the conflict about procuring organs from patients with impaired consciousness within the context of the perceived need to enhance the supply of transplantable organs. 展开 ...
She Never Met a Stranger—Death is No Stranger As Timothy Quill points out (in "Physician-Assisted Death in the United States: Are the Existing 'Last Resorts' Enough?"), for these people, only more aggressive action will provide relief. The only way for them to end their ... A Meisel...
Several states received the incentive they needed to enact such laws in 1878 when US Senator John Scott Harrison (son of president W. H. Harrison and father of president Benjamin Harrison) died and was buried three days later in Ohio. Having received word that the body of William Devin, a ...
OTC indicates over-the-counter; PH, telephone contact with a physician; ED, emergency department; and OV, office visit. Figure 2. View LargeDownload Economic impact of non–influenza-related viral respiratory tract infection, by type of medical cost and type of work loss. Figure 3. View ...
Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) is an American engineer, physician and former NASA astronaut. She became the first black woman to travel in space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Jemison joined NASA's astronaut corps in 1987 and was selecte...
Lyman Hall (April 12, 1724 – October 19, 1790), physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him. Age: Dec. at 66 (1724-1790) Birthplace: Wallingford, Connecticut, USA 1,143...
Africa is home to 55 countries, an ancient and complex history, modern cities, some 3,000 languages and over a billion people. From Algeria to Zimbabwe, here’s a snapshot of each country on a continent you need to know more about.
An increase of 10 primary care physicians per 100 000 population was associated with –0.5 death per million from violence (95% CI, –1.4 to 0.5 deaths per million). The E value for the association between primary care physician supply and life expectancy was 131.2 days. This means that ...
Today, several states have legalized physician-assisted suicide, and in the minds of many, physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia is just another medical procedure that is available for those who desire it. On New Year’s Day 1973, human abortion was completely illegal in most...