For the first time, I’m now published in a medical journal. The article’s entitled “It’s Time to Account for Medical Error in “Top Ten Causes of Death” Charts” published by the Society of Participatory Medicine’s Journal of Participatory Medicine. Thanks to editor Kathleen O’Malley and SoPM co-fonder Dave deBronkart for their interest and insightful editorial […]
In 2003 the renowned palliative nurse JoAnn Lynne published a set of 3 graphs. They’re called End of Life Trajectories; you can see them here. They depict how 3 of the primary causes of death in America unfold over time; the Y (up) axis is vitality and the X (across) axis is some amount of […]
Tell you true, I’m not into the Super Bowl. But I am into analogy, and Bill Thatcher of Cautious Patient Foundation has come up with a doozy. It’s said that the new Dallas stadium where Super Bowl 2011 will be played seats 108,000. Medical data has shown that that’s roughly the number of people who […]
