This New England Journal of Medicine article is, properly, The Burden of Disease and the Changing Task of Medicine — NEJM. The authors explore how disease has changed since 1812 and how doctors' ideas about disease has changed along the way as well as the social nature of disease. It's a great read, but the interactive charts on the right of the article are the reward for clicking through! Don't miss them, yes, there are three, click, and explore how we die differently today. You'll also get some surprises about causes of death.
