F Minus by Tony Carrillo for April 29, 2016
April 28, 2016
April 30, 2016
Transcript:
Doctor: For a long, healthy life, I recommend you give up smoking, junk food, accidents, and animal attacks.
….and medical doctors.published in JAMA which is the most widely circulated medical periodical in the world.
The author is Dr. Barbara Starfield of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health and she desribes how the US health care system may contribute to poor health.
ALL THESE ARE DEATHS PER YEAR:
12,000 — unnecessary surgery7,000 — medication errors in hospitals20,000 — other errors in hospitals80,000 — infections in hospitals106,000 — non-error, negative effects of drugsThese total to 225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes!!