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Doctor explains why he checks a dead patient's Facebook before notifying their parents

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Doctor explains why he checks a dead patient's Facebook before notifying their parents.

Louis M. Profeta MD, an Emergency Physician at St. Vincent Emergency Physicians in Indianapolis , Indiana , recently took to LinkedIn to share the reason he looks at the social media accounts of dead patients.

The post, titled " I'll Look at Your Facebook Profile Before I Tell Your Mother You're Dead ," has attracted thousands of likes and comments.

VR Score

25

Informative language

11

Neutral language

67

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

26

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

possibly hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

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short-lived

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