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Re: Definition of termFrom: R. Daniel Braun (rbraun@iupui.edu)Thu Dec 31 15:23:59 1998
> >I'm not sure this convention is universal (though I think it should be). I have >a large % of immigrants from all over the world as patients. When first meeting >a patient I routinely check the basic data on the chart (name, address, phone, >bithday, age) to be sure it's all correct. In the last 4 years I've had a >handful of patients--all foreign, and (if memory serves) mostly Asian and >Eastern Bloc--who, while agreeing we have the birthdate right, say that their >age is one year different from how we have it. I've never understood this, but >haven't spent much time arguing the point, since that's not exactly the best way >to start a new relatinoship. But this discussion makes me wonder if some areas >of the world really do count it that way: you're considered "1" from birth to >your first birthday, "2" for the next year, etc. > >Anybody else ever run into this? > >-- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Bob Woolley >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- >St. Paul, Minnesota > >"Beware > Of entrance to a quarrel, but being in, > Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee." > > -- Lord Polonius > I believe there are some asian cultures that start counting their age from teh time of conception. Dan
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R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
"Heisenberg might have slept here."
Unknown or maybe Indecisive Unknown
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