1 in 20 patients want to kill their doctors!
Dr. Smile 23 May, 2008 They are god-sent souls who cure people and help in chasing away diseases. But what happens when a doctor becomes patronizing, especially when a person is in pain? Well, the patient feels like ‘killing him’. That’s what a new research suggests.
The urge for a patient to kill his or her doctor is apparently not uncommon, especially among patients who are in pain, undergoing physical rehabilitation or seeking legal compensation for disability.
In the research, conducted by David Fishbain and colleagues at the University of Miami, Florida, it was found that just over 1 in 20 of roughly 800 physical rehabilitation patients admitted feeling like they wanted to murder their physician.
Even amongst a control group, who were not being treated for any condition, slightly fewer than 1 in 50 said they had previously had the same urge.
Few doctors are actually killed by their patients, but many are attacked and injured. Understanding who is likely to have a wish to harm, and why, could help reduce attacks, reports New Scientist.
Fishbain says that distrust of doctors often underlies the problem. Involvement in a disability compensation case is, for example, an important predictor of what he calls the ‘kill-MD’ urge.
He says that patients often become angry because they feel that their doctor will not support their compensation claim.
Being in pain, perhaps not surprisingly, was another factor influencing whether patients felt murderous desire.
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Makes sense to me. A pretty large number though.
How literally do these patients want to kill their doctor. Often, people will say they want to kill someone in jest, but would not go so far as to actually go through with the act. Like Wisdom, I also beleive 1 in 20 seems high.
Well its common . And it does happen to every one once in thier life even more . I had a filling done in one of my tooths . The sound that the machine makes and the hole they dig makes me angry . But since they i have been on the safe side i bursh now regularly .
yeah are right about the part where patients want to kill their docs because most patients don’t accept the fact that they are sicked.
I’m not one of them lol, When I’m just a child I want to kill my dentist
you people have to agree not all pateints believe in their doctors..some moreover believe that their doctors are making them ill intentionaly.
Yes there are freak doctors that just want to worsen the situation.
Its immoral though to hurt even to think about it is bad !!