Posted by Matt in May 9th, 2008 |
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Disease,
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Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die.
Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients would not be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 28th, 2007 |
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THE SURPRISES OF GLOBALIZATION - How crime is quietly becoming a global killer.
The world is experiencing a crime pandemic. Crime rates are on the rise almost everywhere, and these statistics typically are distinct from the death and mayhem that comes with terrorism, civil war, or major conflict. The data reflect the booming number of civilians [...]
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