Like many, I was closely following the James Kim tragedy. Here is a media alert from a physician trying to capitalize from this story. (via Gawker)
On a non-medicine related note, this blog points to a story wondering whether Google was responsible for his death:
When using the Yahoo Maps, MapQuest and Google Maps online services to plot directions from Grants Pass to Gold Beach, Yahoo and MapQuest both recommend taking the same, safer highway route, while Google suggests a shortcut through roads that become dangerous in winter.
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What’s your beef with this, Kevin?
This is obviously a huge story, so in turn many media outlets will be talking about it. I would prefer to hear this doctor’s analysis over the news anchor’s wild speculations.
As a member of the Wilderness Medical Society and instructor in Wilderness Medicine I find it cheesy as hell.
I know, everyone has a right to publicize themselves and make a living… just as I have the right, as a colleague, to ruthlessly mock them.
On a related note, I highly recommend the Wilderness Medicine Conferences offered by the WMS. I’ve been to two of them, and they are by far the most interesting and useful CME conferences I’ve ever attended. And Dr. Auerbach is a fantastic lecturer.
I’m going to give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest that his motivation is to prevent future deaths like this. His blog post was excellent.
I think this cruel physician is a very bad man. I think he should respect Kim’s family and stop capitalizing his death, because the picture lover fetishists are aginst it.
Thank you for sharing this story with me !
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