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Blog: Medicine

  1. Killer Doctor

    Posted on April 3, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (13)

    If your doctor was a convicted killer, would you trust him with your life?

    Karl Svensson’s future as a doctor seemed certain when he was accepted to medical school at Sweden’s prestigious Karolinska Institute. Famed for choosing the annual winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine, Karolinska hand-picked its medical students, selecting an elite group best suited for grappling with the ethics of life-or-death decisions and leading lives devoted to saving others. But four months into Svensson’s studies, the 31 year-old’s future became unhinged by his past: would-be doctor Karl Svensson had killed a man. Read full article »

  2. The Decision

    Posted on February 21, 2008 by Kathy McManus Comments (6)

    The golden hour strikes without warning.

    The golden hour is the critical 60 minutes from the moment a life-threatening injury occurs to when the human body—if left untreated—starts shutting down on a trajectory toward death. Paramedics and other emergency responders encounter it as a matter of course. Read full article »