When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine
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It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.
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In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient.   A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain.
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Some legal experts say the murder of a marijuana advocate could lead to a reconsideration of how medical marijuana is administered.
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The popularity of crime TV shows translates into a boom for autopsy actors willing to play cadavers. In Table of Malcontents.
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WARSAW, Poland  - Prosecutors have charged two doctors and two ambulance workers with murder for letting patients die or killing them outright in order to collect kickbacks from funeral homes, officials said Wednesday.
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It&#39;s a lesson that children learn even before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you have hurt someone. But now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly effective way to soothe patients and head off malpractice lawsuits.
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There once was a boy who for no apparent reason went around knifing his classmates. This boy's parents took him to nearly every mental health professional with no success... until one day a famous hypnotist came to town. There was a long line to speak to him, and as they waited medical doctors hovered around them trying to convince them it was all quackery.  But the parents, figuring they had nothing to lose, continued standing in line with their disturbed son.  At long last they told the doctor about their son's twisted history, and after a long pause the doctor looked the boy square in the eye and said,  "My, won't you be surprised when you never do anything like this again."
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The pharmaceutical enlists help to thwart a troublesome illness.
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Those strangers waiting at the doctorâs office may share a pain that others canât understand.
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Under scrutiny the case in which a male patient died earlier this year, showing symptoms consistent with a rare and invariably fatal brain disease.
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Those treating pain make subjective choices about dosage. When a doctor gets it wrong, is it a mistake or a felony?
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The oddball premise, about a man who brings murder victims back to life, has generated buzz.
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Two doctors accused of failing to notice âextraordinary coincidencesâ surrounding the death of Harold Shipmanâs patients that could have stopped his killing spree a year earlier
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A South Carolina case has focused attention not just on the danger of an unorthodox therapy but also on the conduct of the state medical board.
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Harold Shipman, the family doctor who became Britain's worst-ever serial killer, may have killed 137 patients as a young trainee on top of the 215 killings already attributed to him.
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Britain&#39;s doctors are still imbued with a club culture that puts their interests before the patient, a damning report into the activities of the serial killer Harold Shipman declared yesterday.
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Too many doctors write prescriptions while under the influence of drug companies. Aggressive prosecution of the worst cases could help mend doctor-patient trust.