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When Doctors Kill : Who, Why, and How by Joshua A. Perper, Stephen J. Cina (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Some readers may be shocked by the title of this book, and some may wonder if it is necessary to raise the uncomfortable issue of killing by doctors. Killing is clearly antithetical to the Art and Science of Medicine, which is geared toward easing pain and saving lives rather than smothering them. Nevertheless, doctors are people too. Physicians have the same genetic library of enabling qualities and defects as the rest of us, but their vocation places them in a position where both good practice and bad practice can be exercised. The book begins by presenting the background against which medicine came into being and the forces that molded the social, psychological and professional profile of healers. It continues with profiles of infamous serial killer physicians throughout the world; some "practiced" over a hundred years ago, others in recent decades. There is a discussion of mass murdering physicians who chose dictatorship or terrorism over healing. Not-so-mad, but highly sadistic physician/ scientists will also be under their microscope. There is a discussion of high-profile cases, and the authors raise the specter of the first genetic homicide - murder by means of chromosomal m

Who reads When Doctors Kill : Who, Why, and How?

Author

Joshua A. Perper, Stephen J. Cina (auth.)

Publisher

Springer New York

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781441913685

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Medical, Philosophy, Social Science

Rating

3.75 / 5 (20 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14