A life not fully lived

Authors

  • Usha Rani Singh None

Keywords:

Accidents, Narrative medicine, Medical humanities, Road traffic accidents, Trauma centers

Abstract

I lost my husband to a road traffic accident when he was in the prime of life. His passing shattered the family and imposed terrible psychological and unanticipated financial burdens on me and on our young children. We recovered our balance eventually; however, I am often plagued by the thought that he might have been saved if only certain measures and systems had been in place in the emergency department where he was brought in when he was still alive and conscious.

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References

World Health Organization. Road Traffic Injuries. 2018 Feb 19 [cited 2018 Oct 8]. Available from: http://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffic-injuries

World Health Organization. Violence and Injury Prevention: Global status report on road safety 2015. Cited 2018 Oct 8. Available from: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2015/en/

Singh SK. Road Traffic Accidents in India: Issues and Challenges. Transportation Research Procedia. 2017; 25: 4708-19‎.

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Published

2018-10-11

How to Cite

Singh, U. R. (2018). A life not fully lived. Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 5, 50–53. Retrieved from https://rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/189

Issue

Vol. 5 (2018)

Section

Narrative Medicine

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