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In the research report, the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council Committees on Trauma and Shock, a federally funded department of the government, concluded, in part, that both the public and government were "insensitive to the magnitude of the problem of accidental death and injury" in the U.S.; that the standards to which ...
Accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance provides coverage if you lose a limb or your death is the result of an accident. Between AD&D and term life, term life covers more causes of death.
Accidental deaths are the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. [1] as well as in Canada. Accidental death insurance is not an investment vehicle and thus clients are paying only for sustained protection. Most policies have to be renewed periodically (with revised terms), although the client's consent with renewal is often implicitly assumed.
The 1966 release of the National Academy of Sciences' study, "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society", (known in the EMS trade as the White Paper) [23] prompted a concerted effort was undertaken to improve emergency medical care in the pre-hospital setting. The study found many unnecessary deaths could be ...
In 1966, the National Academy of Sciences published a white paper titled "Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society." [ 6 ] The paper stated that up to 50,000 deaths each year were the result of inadequate ambulance crews and lack of suitable hospitals within range, drawing attention to the need for improved pre ...
(Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court threw out on Monday a judicial decision that had spared a man convicted of murder in Alabama from execution because he was found to be intellectually disabled.
Prosecutors said Boone knew he could not get out of the suitcase on his own and caused his death. "I zipped him up. We thought it was funny and were joking about how he was small enough to fit ...
Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society or The White Paper, a report by the National Academy of Sciences on emergency medical services; The White Paper (novel), a 1928 French novel by Jean Cocteau; Palestine white paper, one of six policy papers issued by the British government regarding the situation in Palestine