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Orville Lynn Majors (April 24, 1961 – September 24, 2017) was a licensed practical nurse and serial killer who was convicted of murdering his patients in Clinton, Indiana. Though he was tried for only seven murders and convicted of six, he was believed to have caused additional deaths between 1993 and 1995, when he was employed by the ...
Alleged Boar’s Head victims could see compensation sooner. ... Diseases, likened the testing to “DNA fingerprinting” that allowed the institute to compare the bacteria from patients ...
Patient abuse or patient neglect is any action or failure to act which causes unreasonable suffering, misery or harm to the patient. [1] Elder abuse is classified as patient abuse of those older than 60 and forms a large proportion of patient abuse. [2] Abuse includes physically striking or sexually assaulting a patient. It also includes the ...
Dutton and Painter [9] originally coined the term “traumatic bonding” to describe the relationship bond that occurs between the perpetrator and victim of abusive relationships. As a result of ongoing cycles of positive and traumatic experiences powerful emotional bonds are created that are resistant to change. [ 9 ]
The L.A. cannabis community's aid efforts include raising funds, replacing smoking devices and giving displaced medical marijuana patients a free place to light up.
On March 31, 2012, an Angelina County jury convicted Saenz of murdering five patients and injuring five others. [11] [12] Prosecutors sought the death penalty, but on April 2, 2012, Saenz was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the five murders, plus three consecutive 20-year sentences for aggravated assault. [4]
Rogue breast surgeon Ian Paterson performed unnecessary operations on more than 1,000 patients over a 14-year period. Patient safety ‘still not a priority’ three years after Paterson report ...
In medical law and medical ethics, the duty to protect is the responsibility of a mental health professional to protect patients and others from foreseeable harm. [1] If a client makes statements that suggest suicidal or homicidal ideation, the clinician has the responsibility to take steps to warn potential victims, and if necessary, initiate involuntary commitment.