Deck 6: Healthcare Killers

Question 1

At the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children in Ontario, Canada, dozens of infants were believed to have been killed with overdoses of what drug?

A)pavulon
B)succinylcholine chloride
C)morphine
D)digoxin

Answer 1

D

Question 2

According to Yorker, et al., where do most healthcare-related murders occur?

A)in hospital settings
B)in patients' homes
C)in local clinics
D)in ambulances

Answer 2

A

Question 3

How did the Third Reich refer to children with defective genes?

A)useless citizens
B)white inferiority
C)white liars
D)useless eaters

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Harold Shipman was convicted of killing how many victims?

A)Between 200 and 300.
B)23
C)15
D)Less than 10

Question 5

What is one area that geographic profiling is not designed to address?

A)gender-specific murder
B)place-specific murder
C)disorder-specific murder
D)character-specific murder

Question 6

What sorts of murders are trademarks of place-specific killers?

A)dutiful, regular, and methodical
B)violent and gory
C)feature well-hidden corpses
D)have victims who are the same sex

Question 7

What are offenders who kill family or relatives called?

A)angels of death
B)black widows
C)demons of death
D)brown recluses

Question 8

This offender was known as a reclusive individual who seldom spoke to his neighbors.His co-workers knew him as a man with a quick temper who sometimes threw medical charts and slammed his fist on counters or walls when summoned by patients.Patients were known to refuse meds because of their aversion to him.

A)Wayne Bleyle
B)John Riems
C)Harold Shipman
D)Donald Harvey

Question 9

In their study of 90 cases of serial murder, Yorker, et al., found that 86 percent of their cases involved nursing personnel and that women were involved in ____ percent of the cases.

A)82
B)Less than 30
C)55
D)49

Question 10

According to Yorker, et al., what is the most common way to kill?

A)injections
B)pills
C)inhalants
D)suppositories

Question 11

What are healthcare providers who murder often diagnosed with?

A)bipolar disorder
B)major depressive disorder
C)body dysmorphic disorder
D)Munchausen syndrome

Question 12

Charles Cullen confessed to the murders of how many patients over a period of 16 years?

A)40
B)13
C)2
D)over 20

Question 13

Which of the following IS NOT true regarding euthanasia?

A)It is still a crime in most states.
B)It originated in Asia.
C)It involves a medical provider trying to ease the suffering of a patient.
D)It involves a medical provider believing that letting a person die or assisting them in dying demonstrates mercy for the patient.

Question 14

What is true regarding "place-specific" killers?

A)Nearly half are male offenders.
B)They are not stay-at-home killers.
C)Nearly one third have dumpsites for bodies.
D)Nearly all have dumpsites for bodies.

Question 15

Which of the following is not true regarding Harold Shipman?

A)He came from a wealthy aristocratic background.
B)His father was a lorry driver.
C)His family lived in a small house in Nottingham.
D)His mother died sitting in her armchair.

Question 16

This sophisticated drug used in some murders is difficult to detect once the body has been prepared for burial.

A)oxycodone
B)morphine
C)caffeine
D)potassium chloride

Question 17

This killer managed to avoid punishment and was even awarded prestigious honors for his research.He became an expert on the pathology of mental illness and, after the war, lectured and became an expert court witness in thousands of criminal cases.

A)Charles Cullen
B)Wayne Bleyle
C)Efren Saldivar
D)Heinrich Gross

Question 18

What was Heinrich Gross also known as?

A)Dr.Grotesque
B)Dr.Death
C)Dr.Golem
D)Dr.Vomit

Question 19

The Yorker study found that most healthcare providers who committed murders came from which states?

A)Illinois, Kentucky, and Florida
B)California, Hawaii, Florida, and Georgia
C)New York, Alabama, California, and Illinois
D)California, Texas, Michigan, and Florida

Question 20

Yorker, et al., identified some typical scenarios in serial murder of patients by healthcare providers.Which is not typical?

A)the presence of a common injectable substance in post mortem
B)deaths that cluster on the night shift
C)epidemiologic studies linking presence of a specific care provider to increased likelihood of death
D)the sexual assault of the patient

Question 21

This drug was used by Genene Jones in the murder of 15-month-old Chelsea McClellan.

A)potassium chloride
B)adrenaline
C)cyanide
D)succinylcholine

Question 22

Which is not a red flag that may signal suspicious activity in hospitals, hospices, and nursing homes?

A)The family was at the patient's bedside at the time of death.
B)Fellow employees often report allegations to investigators, not management.
C)There are no eyewitness to the crime.
D)The weapon of choice is usually a sudden death chemical readily available on the ward and often considered non-detectable or not checked at autopsy.

Question 23

Kristen Gilbert is believed to have injected her patients with large doses of this drug, causing their hearts to beat rapidly and uncontrollably.

A)adrenaline
B)digoxin
C)morphine
D)potassium chloride

Question 24

Every year in the United States, about 80,000 persons die in hospitals unrelated to the reasons for which they entered hospital care.

Question 25

This "angel of death" started killing when he/she turned 18 and began working as a nurse's aide at Mary Mount Hospital in Laurel County, Kentucky.He/she first killed an aunt, then committed what he/she referred to as "accidental homicides," followed by 10 or more patient deaths.

A)Kristen Gilbert
B)Dolores Claiborne
C)Filipina Narciso
D)Donald Harvey

Question 26

Serial killers usually seek out those _____ than themselves.

Question 27

Why do hospitals and nursing homes fall prey to healthcare killers, even after they have been terminated from a previous job?

A)They tend to be charming and good-looking.
B)Their references are seldom checked.
C)Hospital and nursing-home administrators are lazy.
D)The job isn't that important.

Question 28

One investigator described _____ as "...the dullest serial killer I have ever met."

Question 29

After Donald Harvey was arrested, what was found among his possessions?

A)a letter to one of the victims expressing his remorse
B)a list of victims yet to be killed
C)pictures of all his victims
D)a Bible with passages about murder underlined

Question 30

Why are offenders who kill in hospitals and nursing homes not easy to identify?

A)They do not attract media attention.
B)They are loud killers who go about performing their tasks poorly.
C)They are unfriendly and cold.
D)They are outwardly dispassionate.

Question 31

The most prolific, documented serial killer ever in all of Europe is Heinrich Gross.

Question 32

This offender was a respiratory therapist for nine years.He confessed to killing dozens of terminally ill patients over 10 years.He claimed to be an "angel of death" who had killed as many as 200 victims.

A)Charles Cullen
B)Efren Saldivar
C)Donald Harvey
D)George Clooney

Question 33

Killers who work in the health care industry are seldom lust killers.

Question 34

Convicted of giving an 89-year-old patient a heart-stopping chemical, this offender received 17 years for her conviction.

A)Genene Jones
B)Terri Rachals
C)Kristen Gilbert
D)Jane Fonda

Question 35

According to the Yorker study, nurse's aides were more likely to suffocate, use poisons, or administer oral medications.

Question 36

According to the text, what is believed to be Genene Jones's motive for killing?

A)to draw attention to how lax hospitals are in their care
B)to take revenge on parents of children who were rude to the nursing staff
C)a need to prove there were enough sick children to justify construction of a pediatric intensive-care unit in Kerrville, Texas
D)thrill-seeking

Question 37

Healthcare killers meet the general criteria for serial killing except for the stereotypic element of violence.