Toxic Rage: When One Doctors Kills Another

My special guest tonight is author A.J. Flick who's where to discuss her book call Toxic Rage about the shocking plans of one doctor to murder another.Brian Stidham fell in love with Tucson, Arizona, the minute he came to town. A young and talented eye surgeon, he accepted a job with an established eye surgeon to take over his pediatric patients.“It’s a beautiful place,” Stidham told a friend. “I can live right there by the mountains and go hiking. It’s a great deal for me there. The partner I’ll be working with is ultracool. He’s giving me the keys to the kingdom.”Brad Schwartz, the doctor who hired Brian, was ambitious and possessed surgical skills few others had. But he was a troubled man.Within a year of Stidham’s arrival in Tucson, the medical relationship would be severed by Schwartz’s personal troubles. Stidham broke away to start his own practice. Rumors abounded within the medical community that Schwartz was incensed and considered the departure a betrayal. His rage grew, even driving a wedge between him and his fiancée, Lourdes Lopez, a former prosecutor.Violence, crime, and social problem are seen in all areas of life, and their incidence is higher among profession- als that are constantly interacting with people (Gillespie et al. 2010). The health care workers take place among such professionals. According to WHO, the rate of healthcare professionals who have been subjected to vio- lence, at least once in their lifetime, varies between 8% and 38%, around the world. MethodsIn this study, nationwide public news from Turkey about healthcare professionals killed during the 20-year period between 2000 and 2019 were included and analyzed. The selected and analyzed news about violent incidents were obtained through various internet search engines using Turkish keywords such as “sağlık çalışanı cinay- eti (healthcare professional homicide)”, “doktor cinayeti (doctor’s homicide)”, and “hemşire cinayeti (nurse homi- cide)”. These internet searches were repeated consider- ing each branch of healthcare professionals (including pharmacists, midwives, dentists, medical and labora- tory technicians, and medical officers). Homicide cases were evaluated in respect of age and sex of the victim, place of the homicide (such as home, hospital (includ- ing ambulances for paramedics), and out of the hospital), city, urbanity or rurality of the place, type of the victim’s workplace (state hospital, private hospital, or university hospital), the profession of the victim, the relationship between the murderer and the victim (partner/spouse, colleague, patient, unknown person, etc.), the sex of the murderer and the weapon/method used in the homicidal act. Criteria that we could not reach for the cases were labeled as unknown and included in the descriptive sta- tistics. Cases that were certain to be a homicide as the manner of death were included in the study, and cases with suspicions in terms of the manner of death were excluded from the study.🔮 Unlock The Vault! Become a ⭐️ Mysterian ⭐️ and get instant access to hundreds of ad-free, uncensored episodes — plus exclusive bonus editions. 🎧Start your FREE 7-day trial on Patreon: 👉 patreon.com/mysteriousradio📡 Confirm Your Signal You're always out there...listening in the dark. — Confirm your Signal and get automatic entry into every giveaway we run.👉 Confirm your signal here🌐 Visit mysteriousradio.com to explore all membership tiers.📲 DOWNLOAD THE PATREON APP FOR IOS 📲  DOWNLOAD THE PATREON APP FOR ANDROID