Grief is a puzzling phenomenon. It is often costly and prolonged, potentially increasing mortality rates, drug abuse, withdrawal from social life, and susceptibility to illness. These costs cannot be repaid by the deceased and therefore might appear wasted. In the following article, we propose a possible solution. Using the principles of social selection theory, we argue that an important selec...

 Introduction: Causes of death vary globally, and they depend regionally on lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. The purpose of this study was to determine accident-related mortality in Southern Khorasan Province, Iran, in the year 2010.  Methods: This descriptive-analytical study involved all the death cases in the year 2010 in Southern Khorasan. The data were collected from the death regi...

results there was a significant positive correlation between increase in the monthly average temperature, the number of rainy days, and the number of frost days with the number of rta (p < 0.05). increased monthly average relative humidity, evaporation, and number of sunny days were negatively correlated with the frequency of rta (p < 0.05). we also observed an inverse significant correlation b...

introduction: causes of death vary globally, and they depend regionally on lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. the purpose of this study was to determine accident-related mortality in southern khorasan province, iran, in the year 2010.  methods: this descriptive-analytical study involved all the death cases in the year 2010 in southern khorasan. the data were collected from the death registra...

objectives: the purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. methods & materials: the descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to sina, shohada and fayaz-bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. a pre-prepared questionnaire inc...

T he recent concept of sudden unexplained death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has made clinicians more aware of epilepsy related deaths. With the publication of the National Sentinel Clinical Audit of Epilepsy Related Death, the general public and the media became concerned at this apparently new phenomenon. The impact of this audit was such that the chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, vowed ‘‘to ...