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To: Wonder Warthog

"Physician incompetence kills more people than guns"

You got that right. In many "civilized countries" the medical and pharmaceutical industries take a terrible toll. The US and Australia had something like 1 in 9 or 1 in 11 of all deaths due directly to the actions of a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or related fields. That is many times the deaths due to guns, cars, telemarketers combined.


85 posted on 04/04/2006 10:00:48 PM PDT by Geritol (All I need is another hole in my head...)
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To: Geritol
You got that right. In many "civilized countries" the medical and pharmaceutical industries take a terrible toll. The US and Australia had something like 1 in 9 or 1 in 11 of all deaths due directly to the actions of a doctor, nurse, pharmacist or related fields. That is many times the deaths due to guns, cars, telemarketers combined.

Could you perhaps provide some links to studies supporting such a claim?

92 posted on 04/04/2006 10:42:57 PM PDT by The Phantom FReeper (Have you hugged your soldier today?)
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