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Kow L, Magdy M. Obituary for Ken Loi (7/7/69-28/10/23). Obes Surg 2024; 34:1393-1394. [PMID: 38446359 PMCID: PMC11031468 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-024-07092-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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Lucy M. "Fighting demons": Stigma and shifting norms in explicit mention of overdose in obituaries, 2010-2019. Soc Sci Med 2024; 350:116926. [PMID: 38696937 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Obituaries are often the only published record of an individual's life and elicit community reactions, including stigmatization. Because obituaries are typically written by the bereaved, their content reflects the writer's perceptions of mores governing the social context of the next-of-kin and decedent. When a cause of death is stigmatized, it can influence the way the bereaved write the obituary. However, what constitutes a stigmatized cause of death may change as larger societal discourses of morality shift and conditions or events become framed differently. Using a sample of obituaries (N = 210) from obituary aggregator Legacy.com of "off-time," or premature, deaths in West Virginia from 2010, 2015, 2017, and 2019, this article explores whether the presentation of overdose deaths in obituaries changes alongside the shift in the public framing of the opioid crisis as medical rather than criminal. I find obituaries including terms associated with drug use and overdose become both more common and explicit over the course of the study period. This suggests that the shift in public framing of the opioid crisis from criminalization to medicalization corresponds with a decrease in drug stigmatization in obituaries. Obituary analysis can be a useful means of exploring the stigmatization of other controversial causes of death, such as suicide, cirrhosis, and lung cancer.
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- Meghann Lucy
- Boston University, Department of Sociology, 96-100 Cummington Mall, Room 260, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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Mayer S, Berger M, Oberndorfer M. Equal in ashes? Exploring socioeconomic inequalities in lifespan based on obituary data in Austria. SSM Popul Health 2023; 24:101550. [PMID: 38021460 PMCID: PMC10665934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Understanding the emergence of and changes in socioeconomic inequalities in lifespan requires reliable, longitudinal data. In the absence of administrative data, published obituaries may be one such alternative source. With the validity of drawing relevant data from obituaries not yet established in population health research, this study addresses this gap by estimating socioeconomic inequalities in lifespan in Vorarlberg, Austria. Data for all individuals (n = 1490) with obituaries published (July to December 2022) in a regional newspaper (market share: 56%) were extracted, including different markers of the deceased's socioeconomic status. Linear regression analyses showed that, on average, individuals with medium-sized obituaries lived 6.02 years (95% CI: 4.19, 7.85) and individuals with the largest obituaries 12.04 years (95% CI: 7.04, 17.04) longer than individuals with small obituaries while blue-collar workers lived 10.50 years (95% CI: -14.51, -6.49) shorter than individuals with no occupation (reported). This socioeconomic gradient is in line with findings based on national data sources, and comparisons with official regional data are promising regarding data representativeness and completeness. With obituary size reflecting different costs (€210-€1626) and thus being a novel marker for financial ability, obituaries could also be a useful, innovative data source internationally for historical analyses or "nowcasting" health inequalities.
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- Susanne Mayer
- Department of Health Economics, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Health Economics, Center for Public Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department Health Economics and Health Policy, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, Austria
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- Population Research Unit, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsiniki, Finland
- Max Planck, University of Helsinki Center for Social Inequalities in Population Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Canfell K, Liu B, Banks E. Reflections on the life and career of Professor Dame Valerie Beral AC DBE FRS FRCOG FMedSci (1943-2022). Med J Aust 2023; 218:352-353. [PMID: 37015378 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/06/2023]
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- Karen Canfell
- Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney, a Joint Venture with Cancer Council NSW the University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
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- University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
- National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Sydney, NSW
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
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Bowditch M, Eastwood DM. Dame Clare Marx, CBE, DL (1954 to 2022). Bone Joint J 2023; 105-B:220. [PMID: 36722057 DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.105b2.bjj-2022-1379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Clive Harper
- Neuropathology, Dept. of Health Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Australia
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Bennetts J, Tatoulis J, Raman J, Rosenfeldt F. Brian Fowell Buxton (15/04/1940-20/05/2022)-Outstanding Achievements and Personal Memories. Heart Lung Circ 2022; 31:1309-1314. [PMID: 36109293 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brian F. Buxton, one of Australia's greatest cardiac surgeons, died in May 2022, aged 82 years. In June 2022, a memorial celebration of Brian's life was held in Melbourne, Australia, attended by 550 colleagues and friends from many walks of life-not only "medical people" but also friends involved in Brian's sailing and hiking activities. This Special Article includes an introduction from Professor Jayme Bennetts, President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS), an abridged version of a memorial address by Professor James Tatoulis and contributions from two other long-term professional colleagues and personal friends of Buxton, Professor Jaishankar Raman and Professor Franklin Rosenfeldt, founding editor of Heart, Lung and Circulation. Buxton was an outstanding and pioneering surgeon, clinical leader, and good friend to many. The Brian F. Buxton Cardiac and Thoracic Aortic Surgery Unit in Melbourne, Australia, is now so named in honour of his outstanding achievements and as a legacy. Vale Brian F. Buxton.
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- Jayme Bennetts
- President, Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANSZCTS), Sydney, NSW, Australia; Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
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- Royal Melbourne Hospital, and University of Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
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- Austin & St Vincent's Hospitals, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Deakin University, Geelong & Melbourne, Vic, Australia; James Cook University, Townsville & Cairns, Qld, Australia; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA.
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- Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute. Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Vic, Australia; Founding Editor, Heart, Lung and Circulation, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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Porter SR, Crighton A. Obituary of Professor Sir David Mason. Oral Dis 2022. [PMID: 35818834 DOI: 10.1111/odi.14309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- S R Porter
- UCL Eastman Dental Institute, UCL Rockefeller Building, 21 University Street, London
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- University of Glasgow Dental School, Glasgow
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van Meurs WL, Antonius TAJ. Jan Beneken (1934-2021): European modeling and simulation pioneer. Adv Simul (Lond) 2021; 6:44. [PMID: 34903300 PMCID: PMC8670168 DOI: 10.1186/s41077-021-00195-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
This obituary highlights a number of contributions by Professor Jan Beneken (1934-2021) to modeling of human physiology and pharmacology and to simulation-based training.
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- Willem L van Meurs
- Consultant in simulations, 11, Impasse des Balas, 65700, Lahitte-Toupière, France.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Radboudumc Amalia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 9101, 6500, HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Lurie DJ, Sharp PF. In memoriam: John R. Mallard (1927-2021). MAGMA 2021; 34:323-325. [PMID: 34013480 DOI: 10.1007/s10334-021-00925-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- David John Lurie
- Biomedical Physics, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK.
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- Biomedical Physics, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, AB25 2ZD, UK
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Thilgen C, Wennemers H, Carell T. François Diederich (1952-2020): 40 Years of Organic Chemistry. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11562-11567. [PMID: 33909942 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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François Diederich, Professor of Organic Chemistry and long-time Chair of the Editorial Board of Angewandte Chemie, sadly passed away on September 23, 2020. He will be remembered for his groundbreaking research in the chemistry of fullerenes and carbon-rich molecules, in supramolecular and medicinal chemistry, as an engaging teacher, and as a generous and fascinating human being.
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- Carlo Thilgen
- Departement für Chemie und Angewandte Biowissenschaften, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- Departement für Chemie und Angewandte Biowissenschaften, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department für Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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Bertschinger HU, Duchesnes CJ, Mainil JG, Pospischil A, Nagy B. Harley William Moon (1936-2018). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2021; 367:5289861. [PMID: 30649304 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Harley William Moon,DVM, Ph.D., an outstanding American person and researcher of comparative microbiology and pathology of intestinal diseases, the former director of the USDA, ARS, National Animal Disease Center (Iowa), of Plum Island Animal Disease Center (New York) and of Veterinary Research Institute of Iowa State University, member of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) passed away after some difficult and lonely last years of his life, on October 7, 2018 at the age of 82.
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- Hans U Bertschinger
- Institute for Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 270, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Liège, Campus du SartTilman B23 Quartier Hôpital, Avenue Hippocrate 13, B4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Bacteriology Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Centre for Fundamental and Applied Research in Animals and Health (FARAH), University of Liège (ULiège), Campus du SartTilman B43a, Quartier Vallée II, Avenue de Cureghem 6, B4000, Liège, Belgium
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- Institute for Veterinary Pathology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 268, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, CAR, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1143 Budapest, Hungaria Str. 21., Hungary
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- Peter B Moore
- Department of chemistry Yale University, 225 Prospect St, New Haven, CT 06511-8499
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Université de Strasbourg, Institut de biologie moléculaire et cellulaire du CNRS, Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Strasbourg, France;
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403
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Khanna RC, Thulasiraj RD. Obituary - Dr Ramachandra Pararajasegaram. Ophthalmic Epidemiol 2020. [PMID: 33108938 DOI: 10.1080/09286586.2020.1839915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Rohit C Khanna
- Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India.,Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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- Lions Aravind Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, India
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Chaurasia B, Deora H, El-Ghandour NMF, Oyesiku NM, Chaurasia RK, Schulder M, Soriano Sanchez JA, Teo M, Hernesniemi J, Linzey JR, Schwartz TH, Cohen-Gadol AA, Lawton M, Umana G, Mura J, Grotenhuis A, Sinha AK, Schroeder HWS, Natarajan S, Sughrue ME, Spetzler RF, Drummond K, Tanikawa R, Seixo Kadri PAD, Kato Y, Teo C, Suri A, Tomasi SO, Winkler PA, Scalia G, Sampron N, Rasulic L, Cappabianca P, Fontanella MM, Laws ER. In Memoriam: A Memoir for Our Fallen "Heroes". Neurosurgery 2020; 87:854-856. [PMID: 32657330 PMCID: PMC7454769 DOI: 10.1093/neuros/nyaa314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Even though neurosurgeons exercise these enormous and versatile skills, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the fabrics of the global neurosurgical family, jeopardizing human lives, and forcing the entire world to be locked down. We stand on the shoulders of the giants and will not forget their examples and their teachings. We will work to the best of our ability to honor their memory. Professor Harvey Cushing said: "When to take great risks; when to withdraw in the face of unexpected difficulties; whether to force an attempted enucleation of a pathologically favorable tumor to its completion with the prospect of an operative fatality, or to abandon the procedure short of completeness with the certainty that after months or years even greater risks may have to be faced at a subsequent session-all these require surgical judgment which is a matter of long experience." It is up to us, therefore, to keep on the noble path that we have decided to undertake, to accumulate the surgical experience that these icons have shown us, the fruit of sacrifice and obstinacy. Our tribute goes to them; we will always remember their excellent work and their brilliant careers that will continue to enlighten all of us.
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- Bipin Chaurasia
- Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Clinic, Birgunj, Nepal
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- Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Tumor Center Zucker School of Medicine, Hofstra/Northwell, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York
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- Bristol Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Bristol University Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Cannizzaro Hospital, Trauma Centre, Gamma Knife Centre, Catania, Italy
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- Cerebrovascular and Skull Base department, Institute of Neurosurgery Asenjo, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
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- Emeritus Professor of Neurosurgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Sir Ganga Ram Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Stroke Center, Sapporo Teishinkai Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Adjunct Professor of Neurosurgery, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University Aichi, Toyoake, Japan
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- Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Highly Specialised Hospital of National Importance "Garibaldi", Catania, Italy
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- Servicio de Neurocirugia, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Functional Neurosurgery and Pain Management Surgery, Clinic for Neurosurgery, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Centre, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Matthews MR. Mario Bunge (1919-2020): Physicist, philosopher, champion of science, and citizen of the world. Endeavour 2020; 44:100717. [PMID: 32475618 DOI: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2020.100717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Mario Bunge, the centenarian Argentine/Canadian physicist/philosopher passed away in the loving company of his wife Marta and children Eric and Silvia on February 24, 2020 in Montréal, Ontario. This memoriam reviews his life and work, particularly his contributions to physics and philosophy of science.
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Ekong R. In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Sue (Margaret Susan) Povey [1942-2019]. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:1627-1629. [PMID: 31344306 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Rosemary Ekong
- Department of Genetics, Evolution, and Environment, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Kelly PD, Voce DJ, Sivaganesan A, Wellons JC. The Legacy of a Neurosurgeon: A U.S.-Based Obituary Analysis. World Neurosurg 2019; 130:e908-e914. [PMID: 31299311 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Revised: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Textual analysis of obituaries provides insight into the shared values of a profession or community. Neurosurgeon obituaries are frequently published in both the medical literature and the lay press, but the content of these works has never been analyzed. METHODS Using obituary pieces from Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery, and the New York Times, frequent terms were quantified through preliminary text analysis to derive the relative importance of concepts such as innovation, research, training and family. The sentiment of these obituaries was qualitatively reviewed to approximate perceptions of neurosurgical legacy within the profession and the general public. RESULTS Thirty relevant obituaries with full text available were identified in the Journal of Neurosurgery, 14 were identified in Neurosurgery, and 23 were identified in the New York Times. Both neurosurgical journals and lay press articles relied on linear narratives, with greater emphasis on professional leadership and residency training in neurosurgical journals and proportionally greater mention of family in the lay press. CONCLUSIONS Our preliminary text analysis of neurosurgeon obituaries suggest what values are shared among the professional community and general public regarding the legacy of a neurosurgeon.
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- Patrick David Kelly
- Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Alpern R, Giebisch G. Donald Seldin: A Transformative Leader in Medicine and Nephrology. J Am Soc Nephrol 2018; 29:2029-2030. [PMID: 29986871 PMCID: PMC6065072 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018060603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2024] Open
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- Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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van den Akker JPC, Gommers DAMPJ. Obituary: Professor AB Johan Groeneveld. Crit Care 2016; 20:365. [PMID: 27832800 PMCID: PMC5103365 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1542-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Johannes P C van den Akker
- The Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- The Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Nelson CW. Remembering Austin L. Hughes. Infect Genet Evol 2016; 40:262-265. [PMID: 26976476 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Chase W Nelson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, 715 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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Bausch DG, Bangura J, Garry RF, Goba A, Grant DS, Jacquerioz FA, McLellan SL, Jalloh S, Moses LM, Schieffelin JS. A tribute to Sheik Humarr Khan and all the healthcare workers in West Africa who have sacrificed in the fight against Ebola virus disease: Mae we hush. Antiviral Res 2014; 111:33-5. [PMID: 25196533 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2014] [Accepted: 09/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The Kenema Government Hospital Lassa Fever Ward in Sierra Leone, directed since 2005 by Dr. Sheikh Humarr Khan, is the only medical unit in the world devoted exclusively to patient care and research of a viral hemorrhagic fever. When Ebola virus disease unexpectedly appeared in West Africa in late 2013 and eventually spread to Kenema, Khan and his fellow healthcare workers remained at their posts, providing care to patients with this devastating illness. Khan and the chief nurse, Mbalu Fonnie, became infected and died at the end of July, a fate that they have sadly shared with more than ten other healthcare workers in Kenema and hundreds across the region. This article pays tribute to Sheik Humarr Khan, Mbalu Fonnie and all the healthcare workers who have acquired Ebola virus disease while fighting the epidemic in West Africa. Besides the emotional losses, the death of so many skilled and experienced healthcare workers will severely impair health care and research in affected regions, which can only be restored through dedicated, long-term programs.
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Medina MT. In memoriam of Professor Theodore L. Munsat (1930-2013): his outstanding legacy with the WFN. J Neurol Sci 2014; 339:1-2. [PMID: 24560375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The World Federation of Neurology (WFN) lost an outstanding leader on November 22, 2013 with the death of Professor Theodore Leon Munsat ("Ted"), in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Professor Munsat was Emeritus professor of Neurology at Tufts University School of Medicine and served the WFN in several capacities as trustee, chairman of the WFN Education and research committees, chairman of the WFN ALS Research group and founding director of the WFN Seminars in Clinical Neurology. He was president of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), 1989-1991, chairman of the Continuing Educational Committee of the AAN and founding director of AAN's premier continuing medical education journal Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology. He left an outstanding legacy with the WFN.
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Thiene G. Hugh Henry Bentall, a pioneer of cardiovascular surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 2013; 18:530-1. [PMID: 24368549 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hugh Henry Bentall, the inventor of the surgical procedure that enabled concomitant replacement of the aortic valve and ascending aorta, died on September 2012 at the age of 92. He was the first Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery in the United Kingdom, at the Hammersmith Hospital, and carried out the first open-heart operations with a heart-lung machine in London in 1953. Besides cardiac surgery, he paid particular attention to cardiac anatomy and embryology, which he enriched even following retirement. He leaves three sons and a daughter.
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- Gaetano Thiene
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Salih MAM. Remembering for tomorrow: Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb. Sudan J Paediatr 2013; 13:76-83. [PMID: 27493378 PMCID: PMC4949946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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This is a highlight of the obituary ceremony in tribute to Professor Mansour Ali Haseeb (1910 - 1973), organized by the Medical Students Association of the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Khartoum (U of K). Professor Haseeb has been the first Sudanese Professor and first Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He was an outstanding humane teacher, mentor and researcher, and was awarded the international Dr. Shousha Foundation Prize and Medal by the WHO. He was also an active citizen in public life and became Mayor of Omdurman City. The obituary ceremony reflected the feelings of the medical community and included speeches by Professor Abdalla El Tayeb, President of U of K; the Dean, Faculty of Medicine; the Late Professor Haseeb's colleagues and students, His family representative, and an elegy poem.
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