Since 1970, more than ninety serial murderers around the world have been convicted after operating in hospitals and long-term care settings. They have killed or injured over 600 people and have been connected to an additional 2,600 deaths. http://thewalrus.ca/when-healers-do-harm-women-serial-killers-in-the-health-care-industry/ 1/5
How does it happen? The caregiver killer deploys a subtle arsenal of insulin and opiates and pillows over faces. These methods hasten a person’s demise by doping them with already-prescribed drugs at higher doses, sometimes causing strokes. More here: http://thewalrus.ca/when-healers-do-harm-women-serial-killers-in-the-health-care-industry/ 2/5
The FBI’s Behavioral Sciences Unit says all serial killers are male, but according to nursing professor Beatrice Crofts Yorker, more than half of health care serial killers are women. Read @pearsonspost’s full story here: http://thewalrus.ca/when-healers-do-harm-women-serial-killers-in-the-health-care-industry/ 3/5
According to a 2015 paper on women serial killers by psychologist Marissa Harrison and colleagues, these women have typically been married (maybe multiple times) and are likely white, middle class, Christian, and in their 20s or 30s. More here: http://thewalrus.ca/when-healers-do-harm-women-serial-killers-in-the-health-care-industry/ 4/5
The question worth asking, @pearsonpost writes, is whether we aren’t looking for such killers because we don’t truly value their victims or because we cannot abandon the image of nurturing women. Read the full story here: http://thewalrus.ca/when-healers-do-harm-women-serial-killers-in-the-health-care-industry/ 5/5