When medicine kills

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).

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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.