Burden of Suffering

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Burden of Suffering

A general term for the sum of excess mortality and morbidity caused by a particular disease; e.g., patients with colorectal cancer lose an average of 6 to 7 years of life

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No references found			But thank God you have some little burden of suffering to bear at this time when there is so much of it in the world. Day by day: thirty years after her death, Dorothy Day's letters and ... by U.S. Catholic So the scope of the study is by no means limited to a discourse on the disproportionate burden of suffering endured by women in countries under attack from US-led aggressions. Feminism and War u Book Review by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA) com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040610/CNTH001LOGO ) The belief that dead bodies pose a serious health threat often leads authorities to take misguided action, such as mass burials, which can add to the burden of suffering already experienced by survivors. In Natural Disasters, Cadavers Pose No Threat of Disease by PR Newswire			Bunyamwera virus infection Bunyaviridae bunyavirus bunyavirus encephalitis bunyip buoyant density buphanine buphthalmia buphthalmos bupivacaine bupivacaine HCl bupivacaine hydrochloride bupleurum Bupleurum falcatum L Buprenex buprenorphine buprenorphine hydrochloride bupropion bupropion hydrochloride buquinolate bur Burbulence Burch procedure burden burden of proof Burden of Suffering Burdizzo emasculatome burdock burdock root Bureau of Medical Devices buret burette Burgundy Red Urine burial buried flap buried penis buried suture Burke Burke vs. General Medical Council Burke's lupine Burkholderia Burkholderia cepacia Burkholderia mallei Burkholderia pickettii Burkholderia pseudomallei Burking Burkitt Burkitt lymphoma Burkitt tumor Burkitt's lymphoma Burkitt's tumor			Burdelais burden burden burden burden burden burden Burden of a Day Burden of disease Burden of Disease Application Project Burden of evidence Burden of evidence Burden of evidence Burden of evidence Burden of evidence Burden of Going Forward Burden of Mood Symptoms Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States Burden of persuasion Burden of persuasion Burden of persuasion Burden of persuasion Burden of persuasion Burden of Pleading burden of proof burden of proof burden of proof burden of proof burden of proof burden of proof Burden of Suffering Burden Scale for Family Caregivers burden with Burden, Joanna burdened burdened burdened burdened burdened Burdener burdening burdening burdening burdening burdening Burdenko Burdenko, Nikolai Burdenko, Nikolai Nilovich burdenless Burdenous burdens burdens burdens burdens burdens Burdens of proof Burdens of proof Burdens of proof Burdens of proof Burdens of proof burdensome

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