Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
An interesting piece on death and mourning in modern compared to more traditional cultures from the Oxford University Press (OUP) blog. Human relationships require huge investments and generate massive benefits, and we are not willing to let go of them unless we have unequivocal evidence that the person is dead…It is now generally accepted in…
Hospitals in Sacramento were concerned about the large number of nusring home transfers to its facility. Were many of these tranfers unnecessary? Did patients with little chance of recovery benefit from these hospital stays? To reduce end-of-life tranfers to hospitals from nursing homes, 3 Sacramento-area hospital systems and 18 nursing homes instuted the Preparing Residents…
What factors predict how long we live? What are the best ways to forestall death? The determinants of premature death are 40% behavoiral, 30% genetic, but only 10% medical care. It is important to remember that medical care and health are far from synonomous.