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36. Bad News — It’s Your Surgeon’s Birthday

Freakonomics, M.D.

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The Importance of Controlling Distractions

Meditation is one way to improve this control, according to catherine. But meditating isn't always an option and doesn't come naturally to everyone. A study found that patient mortality was about 20 tisent higher when the procedure is performed on a surgeon's birthday compared with other days of the year. Even the small benign dis action for the surgeon significantly increased the patient's chance of dying.

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