"The one thing all human beings have in common, is the fact that one day, our lives will end in death.What does the idea of death mean to you? How does it make you feel?Chances are the thought of death triggers fear or anxiety in you. You might not feel totally comfortable with the idea … Continue reading Reduce Your Death Anxiety
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Chances of Dying From an In-Hospital Medical Error
"Errors in medicine include wrong diagnoses, drug dosage miscalculations, and treatment delays. These errors are likely to be underestimated because studies tend to focus exclusively on hospitals and not on the rest of the healthcare system; because some errors may only have debilitating effects years down the road for a patient and are thus harder … Continue reading Chances of Dying From an In-Hospital Medical Error
The Lindy Effect
"The Lindy effect is a theory that the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things like a technology or an idea is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.[1] Where the Lindy effect applies, mortality rate decreases with time.-Wikipedia contributors, "Lindy effect," Wikipedia, The … Continue reading The Lindy Effect
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