On Aug 12, 3:24=A0pm, Jerry Kraus <jkraus_1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 2:02=A0pm, Raymond <Bluerhy...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > "'The person most likely to kill you is not a relative or a friend, or
> > a mugger or a burglar or a drunken driver. The person most likely to
> > kill you is your doctor."
>
> I've said for years that serial killers should just go to medical
> school. =A0They could kill as many people as they liked, be paid
> extremely well, and never have to worry about going to prison.
Serial killer doctors land first book appearance
Why do doctors become serial killers? How do they kill? ...
The =93political=94 serial or mass killers par excellence were the Nazi
doctors who engaged in ethnic cleansing and the Japanese
doctors ......
=2Ehttp://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=3D1119267
MATT HEISTAND/Arizona Daily Wildcat
Professor of Emergency Medicine Ken Iserson recently wrote a book
disclosing scary secrets of the medical world.
By Justine Pechuzal
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday Apr. 4, 2002
University doc pens scary book
Everyone thought Jack Kevorkian was bad, but next to the psychopathic
doctors profiled in the new book "Demon Doctors: Physicians as Serial
Killers" by UA Professor of Emergency Medicine Kenneth V. Iserson,
Kevorkian looks like Santa Claus (an older, beardless version trained
in euthanasia).
Although serial killers provide plenty of fodder for popular movies,
books and news re****ts, very little serious research exists about
serial killers in the medical profession.
The catalyst for the book was an article by a well-known forensic
mythologist about deadly doctors, which Iserson found when he was
researching another. Iserson, a doctor and professor at the University
of Arizona for 20 years, decided to further explore the subject and
write a book warning the public about the unseen dangers lurking in
the shadows of the medical profession.
Beyond the sensationalism of subject matter, Iserson noted other
functions of the book.
"It's an interesting way to read medical history," he said. "The
methods the doctors used to kill victims reflects the practice of
their times."
Indeed, he said, biowarfare agents are a far cry from Strychnine, or
rat poison.
A brief shakedown of a few of the doctors ****trayed in Iserson's book
is enough to scare a cold virus away, or at least make a person avoid
visiting the family physician for treatment.
A more recent case involved general practitioner Harold ****pman,
convicted of his crimes in 2000. When making house calls, ****pman
killed approximately 150 old ladies under the pretense of giving them
"vitamin shots," which were actually hits of cocaine. Grandma was gone
30 seconds later.
Or, there is the appropriately named Dr. Linda Hazard, one of the few
female-physician killers, who intentionally starved her patients and
murdered her husband with Ricin, a biowarfare agent.
"I wouldn't want to be treated by any one of them," Iserson said.
Serial killers are not Iserson's normal beat. He typically works in
the hospital teaching residences and medical students emergency
medicine. On top of that, Iserson has written several books, both for
the medical field and the public about medical education, medical
ethics and death and dying. He also focuses on helping the living in
his work as the medical director of the Southern Arizona Rescue
Association.
If Iserson's book about nasty doctors functions as a warning, the
follow-up question might be, "What does a person with a sickness or
injury do to ensure that his or her care will be helpful instead of
deadly?"
Iserson cited several checkpoints already established within the
medical profession to snag bad apples before they get to the operating
table. For example, the board of medical examiners and the hiring
hospital are supposed to screen potential doctors. He also encouraged
patients to check a doctor's credentials on the Web and use references
from friends. Overall, he tends to trust his colleagues.
"You can only do what you can do," Iserson said. "Life isn't
completely safe, but of all things in life, the quality of your
physician is your best bet."
The release for "Demon Doctors: Physicians as Serial Killers" is
slated for mid-May, but Iserson already has plans for a sequel:
"Demonic Doctors: More Physicians and Serial Killers."
Apparently, his sources will never run dry, as several medical
criminals are still on the loose, including, Iserson added, the brains
behind Osama bin Laden: Egyptian doctor Ayman Al-Yaziri.
http://wc.arizona.edu/papers/95/130/04_2.html
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