When Doctors Kill Who, Why, and How /

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. N...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Perper, Joshua A. (Autor), Cina, Stephen J. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 2010.
Edición:1st ed. 2010.
Temas:
Forensic sciences.
Medical jurisprudence.
Medical sciences.
Forensic Science.
Forensic Medicine.
Health Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ethics and the Physician
  • In the Beginning
  • Perfect Intentions, Imperfect People
  • When Doctors Kill
  • The Alpha Killers: Three Prolific Murderous Doctors
  • America's Contribution to Medical Mayhem
  • International Men of Mystery: Other Medical Murderers
  • To Catch a Killer: Investigating Serial Murders
  • The Nazi Murders
  • In the Name of Science
  • Hitler's "Scientists"
  • Made in Japan: Unethical Experiments
  • Good Old Fashioned American Ingenuity-and Evil
  • Physician Kill Thyself: The Story of Dr. Gwinn E. Puig
  • Politics and Medicine
  • Libel Plots Against Physicians (Who Killed Dr. Zhivago?)
  • Judge, Jury, Executioner, and Doctor
  • Trading Treatment for Terror
  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent
  • What Now?
  • Euthanasia, and Assisted Suicide: What Would Hippocrates Do?
  • Malpractice or Murder?
  • It's All Natural!
  • Contagious Caregivers
  • Fictitious Physicians: Where Has Marcus Welby Gone?
  • Doctors to the Stars.

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