AVERAGE AGE OF PHYSICIANS AT DEATH
1942; American Medical Association; Volume: 119; Issue: 13 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1001/jama.1942.02830300053025
ISSN1538-3598
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Medical Research Impacts
ResumoTo the Editor:— The analysis of the statistics obtained from the obituary list ofThe Journal(Deaths of Physicians in 1941, editorial, June 13, p. 565) reminds me of an interesting finding gleaned from that section some time ago. Weekly review of that column never failed to arouse my curiosity as to the average age of the physicians whose deaths were reported at the top of the list compared to that of those at the bottom. It seemed an unusual opportunity to determine what price success or probably, more correctly, prominence. From this information, the life span of the physicians who attained position and prestige could be compared to that of those who appear to have lived under less stress among their patients. To satisfy this curiosity, our resident, Dr. Mortimer Camiel, averaged the age of the first and the last ten of each column of thirty successive issues of
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