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Law judge says psychologist
should lose license
A
inappropriate
relationships with clients, an administrative law
judge
has
recommended. Gregory L. Hanchett, a hearings examiner
for the
Montana Department of Labor and Industry, said Constance Reynolds
violated several
state administrative rules and professional standards,
including one that
prohibits a sexual relationship between a therapist
and a
client. In his 15-page recommendation, Hanchett
referred to
Reynolds' behavior as having a "flagrant disregard for the rules of
professional conduct" and that
it was "destructive both mentally and
physically to some
of the clients."
New York Doctor Accused of
Attack
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_848878.html
A doctor with
a
after a patient alleged the physician performed oral sex on him. Dr
Brian Shaw, 41, of
sexual misconduct after a 49-year-old male patient said the doctor
initiated sexual contact after examining the man's genitals during a
medical examination on December 9. Shaw was acquitted of a similar
crime in January 2002, said law-enforcement sources. In that case, a
20-year-old man had claimed Shaw abused him during an examination at a
newspaper.
Wenonah doctor admits fondling patients
Today's Sunbeam (NJ)
http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/local/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1071825653163790.xml
WOODBURY -- A Wenonah physician
admitted Thursday he improperly fondled
three women in his care. Michael C.
Lafon, 45, of Haddonfield faces
four years of probation, forfeiture of his medical license and
counseling under a plea agreement submitted to
Superior Court Judge
Walter Marshall Jr. Lafon,
who pleaded guilty to three counts of
criminal sexual contact, also agreed to have no contact with the
victims. Sentencing was scheduled for Feb. 6.
Disciplinary hearing marked by outbursts ends for physician
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/dec03/193855.asp
outbursts and threats that required police to restore order, the
disciplinary hearings of a
The state Department of Regulation and Licensing will rule in about a
month, said Administrative Law Judge Ruby Jefferson-Moore. Stuart
Suster
of
sexual misconduct, solicitation, threats to injure and fraud.
Doctor guilty of misconduct
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/12/18/290374.html
A disciplinary body found Anand Sharma had inappropriately
touched his
patients during examinations. Dr. Anand Sharma
disputed the claims, but
his testimony lacked credibility, according to a disciplinary committee
of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Doctor handed probation for sexual advances
December 17, 2003
Houston Chronicle
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2303902
A family practitioner
in The Woodlands who allegedly made unwelcome
sexual advances toward the adult daughter of an emergency room patient
has been placed on five years probation by the state agency that
regulates physicians. Dr. James
Andrew Paskow, 43, has been
ordered by
the
only in the presence of a chaperone who directly observes the
encounter. The board also ordered him to complete 10 hours of ethics
courses and a class in "boundary violations." Paskow is one of 60
doctors statewide disciplined by the state board this
month.
Amerikaanse verpleeger doodde
wellicht 40 patiënten
16 december 2003
CNN, ANP
NEW YORK – “Een Amerikaanse
verpleger die terechtstaat voor de moord op een rooms-katholieke priester, heeft
in zestien jaar tijd mogelijk veertig patiënten gedood. De 43-jarige
Charles Cullen werd vrijdag in de staat New Jersey
opgepakt voor de dood van priester Florian Gall. Hij zou hem in juni zoveel medicijnen hebben
toegediend dat hij aan een hartstilstand overleed. Ziekenhuispersoneel wist de
dood van een andere patiënt, een 40-jarige vrouw, ternauwernood
te voorkomen door haar tegengif toe te dienen. In het onderzoek naar de zaak
heeft justitie steeds meer bewijs dat Cullen
verantwoordelijk is voor de dood van in totaal dertig tot veertig patiënten.”
zo
bericht het ANP. Voor meer publicaties over deze zaak: Charles
Cullen.
Notorious doctor has
citizenship revoked
CBC
http://calgary.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ca_schneeberger20031204
A doctor convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting two women has
lost his Canadian citizenship. Red Deer Canadian Alliance MP Bob Mills
says the federal immigration minister informed him of the decision
Thursday John Schneeberger
was recently released from prison, after
serving four years of a six-year sentence. He was convicted in 1999 of
drugging and sexually assaulting two women, one of them a patient.
Schneeberger was born in
African passport. He became a Canadian citizen in 1993, but critics
argued that it should be invalid because he lied about being under
police investigation when he applied. If his citizenship is taken away,
he would be considered a permanent resident, but immigration officials
could try to have him deported because of his criminal conviction.
Doctor's trial set to start for alleged sexual advances
December 7, 2003
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/the_news_local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_1028_2484395,00.html
STUART, Fla. " The first case against a prominent local neurosurgeon
accused of having sexual contact with Treasure Coast patients is
scheduled for trial in Stuart this week. Female patients from
throughout the area have filed police reports alleging Dr. Ignacio
Magana kissed,
touched and committed other inappropriate acts while
they were examined in his offices in Stuart, Port St. Lucie
and Palm
Beach Gardens. In all, Magana, 47, has been charged with one count of
simple battery in Stuart; one count each of attempted sexual battery
and sexual battery in Port St. Lucie; and two counts
of sexual battery
and three counts of attempted sexual battery in
enforcement records show.
Therapist 'half expected' sexual abuse complaint
December 6, 2003
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=FB551865-B18F-4B04-BDCA-DB46560084EE
TORONTO - When an investigator for the College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario turned up on Alan Abelsohn's
doorstep to tell him a
former patient was accusing him of sexual abuse, a charge for which he
could lose his licence, the 52-year-old
physician was hardly surprised.
It was May, 2002, and for two years he had suffered the woman's
secretive harassment after she had fallen obsessively in love with him
and he broke off their allegedly kinky psychotherapy. The woman, a
middle-aged children's author with a nervous demeanour, has admitted to
stealing his mail, spying on his girlfriend, staking out his house and
even entering it while he was away, but none of this achieved her
stated goal of breaking up the divorced doctor's romance with a younger
woman.
Sex charges may cost doctor license
December 5, 2003
http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1070615728172590.xml
NEWARK -- The State of New Jersey filed an administrative complaint
Wednesday seeking revocation of the medical license of Dr. Michael C.
LaFon,
a Wenonah physician facing multiple counts of sexual contact
involving patients, State Attorney General Peter C. Harvey announced
Thursday. LaFon, whose license was temporarily
suspended by the board
of medical examiners in July, is currently barred from practicing
medicine and from prescribing or dispensing medications, including
controlled dangerous substances in
Coderre wants Schneeberger citizenship revoked
CBC
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=schneeberger031126
that John Schneeberger lose his Canadian
citizenship. The former
physician was recently released from prison after serving two-thirds of
his sentence for sexual assault.Coderre's office says the minister
reviewed the former doctor's case and will ask the federal cabinet to
issue the necessary order to deny him Canadian citizenship.
Schneeberger is being paroled after serving
his sentence for drugging
and sexually assaulting a patient.
Retrial
for sex case doctor
November 26, 2003
Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1093342,00.html
A year-long jail sentence on a disgraced GP was overturned yesterday
when the appeal court ordered a retrial of charges that he indecently
assaulted three women patients. Ian Cowie, 50,
was bailed on condition
that he keep away from his surgery at Batley,
fresh hearing at
judges quashed his conviction and a 12 month jail sentence passed at
Accused
doctor has history of abuse complaints
http://www.koin.com/webnews/20034/20031124_stevenson.shtml
patients faced similar complaints six years ago in
records show. Ronald C. Stevenson, 44,
an obstetrician and
gynecologist, was reported to the Omak Police
Department by two
patients, according to police reports obtained by The Bend Bulletin.
BELGIE: SINT-NIKLAAS: Gerechtspsychiater verdacht van seksueel misbruik patiënten – 24 november 2003 – De Standaard -- “Het gerecht van Dendermonde heeft psychiater Vincent M. in verdenking gesteld van aanranding. De man uit Sint-Niklaas, die ook gerechtsdeskundige was en bekend is van zijn tussenkomsten in het populair-wetenschappelijk magazine Hoe? Zo! op TV1, zou verscheidene patiënten seksueel misbruikt hebben. Er liep al sinds enige tijd een gerechtelijk onderzoek naar zedenfeiten door M. Dat werd opgestart na de klachten van een vijftal vrouwen, die beweerden dat de psychiater hen tijdens consultaties zou aangerand hebben. Bij een huiszoeking werd bezwarend materiaal aangetroffen. M. zou ook bekentenissen hebben afgelegd. Hij werd niet aangehouden, maar verblijft in een instelling. M. is ondertussen geschorst als arts en mag ook niet meer optreden als gerechtelijk deskundige.”
BELGIE: Gerechtelijk onderzoek tegen Vincent Martin – 15 november 2003 – Het Nieuwsblad -- SINT-NIKLAAS – “Het parket
van Dendermonde bevestigde gisteren dat er een
gerechtelijk onderzoek loopt tegen psychiater Vincent Martin uit Sint-Niklaas. De psychiater wordt vervolgd wegens
zedenfeiten, maar verdere details weigert het parket te geven. Een aantal
meerderjarigen zou tegen Martin klacht hebben neergelegd wegens misbruik. Evi Muylaert werd
als onderzoeksrechter aangesteld, Vincent Martin werd niet aangehouden.
Voor de tijd van het gerechtelijk onderzoek mag Martin niet meer aangesteld
worden als gerechtspsychiater.
Bende van Nijvel – Vincent Martin is een gereputeerd en gewaardeerd psychiater. Zo was hij onder
meer te gast in het populair-wetenschappelijke programma Hoe?Zo! van de VRT. Eerder dit jaar kwam
hij in het nieuws omdat hij een man onder hypnose bracht die daarna zonder verdoving
kon worden geopereerd. Hypnose is dan ook een specialiteit van Martin.
In september 1999 schakelde het gerecht van Brugge de psychiater in om een
robotfoto te maken van een verkrachter. Op een van de slachtoffers van die
verkrachter voerde Martin een zogeheten geleide dagdroom uit om zo
gelaatstrekken van de verkrachter vast te leggen. Maar het bekendst werd
Vincent Martin wellicht om zijn bijdrage in het onderzoek naar de Bende van Nijvel. Hij bracht getuigen die dat zelf wilden onder
hypnose om hen zo het verhaal te laten doen van de overval die ze zagen
gebeuren. Martin was ook betrokken bij het onderzoek met de leugendetector
waaraan enkele verdachten in het dossier Bende van Nijvel
werden onderworpen.”
Doctor found guilty of
unprofessional conduct
November 14, 2003
CBC
http://sask.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=huerto_20031114
SASKATOON - A controversial heart
specialist in Saskatoon has lost his
right to practice medicine in the province.The
discipline committee of
the College of Physicians and Surgeons has decided to revoke the
licence of Dr. Carlos Huerto. The college is the regulating
professional body for doctors in
relationship with a patient, the college said, one of three acts of
unprofessional conduct on which he was found guilty. It also said
Huerto prescribed that patient
drugs which were not intended for her
use and swore a false affidavit about his finances by not mentioning
$17,000 in investments. The college said it revoked
Huerto's license because of his previous record of
unprofessional
conduct and because it believes he is unlikely to change his ways.
Prison gynaecologist jailed
October 24, 2003
http://www.local6.com/news/2579449/detail.html
FORT WORTH, Texas -- A former
gynaecologist at Fort Worth's federal
prison for women
must serve time behind bars for having sex with the
inmates. A judge Wednesday sentenced 41-year-old Dr. Carlos Baez to the
maximum 14-month term. Baez must report to prison Dec. 1.
AIDS
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id=58DEF0EC-3DBE-49B8-96CF-EE73EF248ADF
A prominent doctor who
was one of the founders of AIDS Vancouver has
agreed never to practise medicine again because of allegations of
sexual misconduct, the
announced Wednesday. Dr. Michael Phillip Maynard, a general
practitioner in
already been found guilty by the college of "infamous conduct" for
having sexual relations with a patient in 1997 and 1998.
Puyallup physicians barred from practicing medicine
October 23, 2003
Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001771617_jolley22m.html
A Puyallup pediatrician has been suspended from practicing
medicine by
the state medical licensing board, which has accused him of having
sexual contact with two mothers of his patients. Dr. Timothy B. Jolley,
who practices at Puyallup Valley Pediatric, was
previously disciplined
for sexual misconduct with patients' family members.
Regulators suspend license of
doctor
October 22, 2003
Des Moines Register
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4788993/22561543.html
State regulators have suspended the license of a Fairfield physician
accused of improperly touching more than 30 female patients. The
Board of Medical Examiners said Dr. Oram Miller, 50, admitted the
contacts during a professional evaluation earlier this year. The board
said Miller also admitted to one of its investigators that he had
practiced medicine in
Finkel gives his side on exam steps
October 22, 2003
Arizona Republic
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1022finkel22.html
Abortion doctor Brian Finkel testified in meticulous detail
Tuesday why
squeezing women's nipples and manipulating their genitals during
patient consultations is an act of medical professionalism, rather than
criminal abuse. The
based on claims from 35 patients who already have testified that he
fondled and assaulted them during treatments at his clinic dating as
far back as 1986. In his second day of Maricopa County Superior Court
testimony, Finkel seemed to relish an opportunity to
give his side of
the story after weeks of allegations made by witnesses.
Doctor faces 46 lawsuits
October 19, 2003
King County Journal (Wash.)
http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/146484
Complaints continue to pile up against an obstetrician-gynecologist
from Bellevue with clinics in Burien and Federal Way. Harish
Bharti, a
and performed numerous botched and unnecessary surgical procedures on
dozens of vulnerable women.
Doctor chided for misconduct
October 17, 2003
Seacoast Online (NH)
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/rock/10172003/news/55843.htm
PLAISTOW - The New Hampshire Board of Medicine has reprimanded a
Plaistow psychiatrist who
allegedly pressured one patient into
obtaining marijuana for him and acted unprofessionally in front of
another patient, which led her to believe he was intoxicated. These
were not the first disciplinary actions against Dr. Gregory R.
Thompson, who also
practices in
1997 based on allegations of sexual misconduct. His psychiatry license
was later reinstated.
Chehalis
councilman, doctor accused of inappropriate conduct with teen patient
October 5, 2003
The Olympian
http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20031005/northwest/116868.shtml
A physician and veteran Chehalis city councilman now running for
re-election was the subject of two investigations regarding accusations
that he repeatedly kissed and groped a patient throughout her high
school years. The former patient says the two never had sex but
maintained an intimate relationship for years. Dr. Isaac Pope adamantly
denies it ever happened, and says he barely remembers her from other
patients he treated in the early 1980s. Investigators spent four of the
past 10 years looking into the allegations against Pope, The
Chronicle
newspaper in
investigation ended in 1994 because the statute of limitations had run
out. A state medical commission investigation stopped short of a
hearing in 2001.
Doctor forfeits license after
groping patients
October 3, 2003
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-nj--doctorsentenced1003oct03,0,5067189.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
NEWARK, N.J. -- An eye doctor who admitted
groping six women patients
will avoid jail time after agreeing to permanently forfeit his medical
license. Dr. Richard Robbins, 40, of
three years probation and ordered to reimburse the state $2,085 in
costs associated with the investigation. Robbins pleaded guilty in June
to seven counts of criminal sexual contact. He had been charged by the
Essex County Prosecutor's Office with fondling his patients' breasts
during eye examinations at his office in
section, between March 2000 and June 2001.
Doctor's license suspended
after affair with patient
October 3, 2003
Salisbury Post (N.C.)
http://salisburypost.townnews.com/articles/2003/10/03/news/03-dr_license_suspended.txt
The North Carolina Medical Board has suspended the license of a
Salisbury doctor who has admitted having a three-year affair with a
woman who was a patient at the clinic operated by the doctor and his
wife. In a consent order signed Aug. 14, the state board suspended Dr.
Marc Sol Fruchtman's
license indefinitely. He may not ask the board to
reinstate his license for at least a year, according to the order
released by the Medical Board on Thursday. Responding to a phone call
from the Post Thursday, Fruchtman, 36,
left a message saying: "I am
retired. I retired prior to the suspension. That's all I wanted to
comment."
Doctors failing to police
their own
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42247-2003Oct3.html
A Sept. 26 Metro article reported the indictment of William Hurwitz for
drug distribution. Two days later, a front-page story, "Va. Doctor's
Misconduct Left Trail of Broken Lives; Medical System Failed to Protect
Patients," featured the failure of the Virginia Board of Medicine to
effectively discipline Martin H. Stein. The board's lack of action
concerning Dr. Hurwitz also could have been the focus of that article.
The board revoked Dr. Hurwitz's license in 1996 for over-prescribing
narcotics and restored it less than a year later. Earlier this year,
Dr. Hurwitz was again before the medical board to answer more than 30
allegations of grossly negligent care since the 1997 restoration -- the
same conduct for which he recently was indicted. Despite evidence of
willful and reckless behavior, the board only suspended his license.
Doctor
charged with writing bogus prescriptions
October 2, 2003
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny-brf--doctorcharged1001oct01,0,940687.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- A doctor was in jail after being charged with
writing prescriptions for a nurse to support her drug habit,
authorities said. Dr. Frank Nocilla, 49, of Hadley, was charged
Wednesday with three felony counts of criminal sale of a prescription
for a controlled substance,
Nocilla met a 29-year-old nurse while both worked at
other people's names_ which police said the nurse would have filled at
area pharmacies. Schenectady Police Lt. Pete Frisoni
told television
station Capital News 9 that the doctor was having a sexual relationship
with the woman and took advantage of her addiction to narcotics to
continue the relationship in exchange for prescriptions.
Raped by one's obstetrician?
September 30, 2003
CBS Early Show
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/30/earlyshow/health/health_news/main575855.shtml
At least 30 women have filed suit against
Seattle gynecologist Dr.
Charles Momah, 47, claiming he sexually
harassed and assaulted them,
and in some cases even performed unnecessary surgical procedures. In a
bizarre twist, several of the women also say they were assaulted by
Momah's twin brother, Dr. Dennis Momah, who is a surgeon. The two could
soon face criminal charges as a result of these allegations.
Therapist
struck off for affair with patient
http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=666698
A MARRIED
allegations of a "sordid" affair with a vulnerable patient.
Occupational therapist Anthony Charlesworth, of Arden Gate, Balby,
near
Health Professions Council disciplinary hearing as Miss A - at
1998. Mr Charlesworth, aged
42, denied the relationship took place.
Panel
finds doctor guilty
Ottawa Citizen
http://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id=AC0188BB-955A-4C40-8CBC-F807EF4E4ECE
pill-dispensing psychotherapist.
Then she was accused of "untruths" on
the witness stand. Now Patient A, as the woman in her 60s was known at
a long-running disciplinary hearing, is thankful her fight to be
believed is finally over. "I'm so glad that justice did prevail," she
said from her home shortly after Dr.
Gerald Dixon Smith, 62, was found
guilty of sexual abuse by a disciplinary panel that heard allegations
from five ex-patients spanning 1976 to 1997.
Va. doctor's misconduct left
a trail of broken lives
September 27, 2003
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10967-2003Sep27.html
More than 21/2 years after Anita Kratzke's death
on March 19, 2000, the
Virginia Board of Medicine ruled that Martin
H. Stein was a danger to
public health and that his signing of the death certificate without
proper investigation was part of a pattern of negligence. The board's
22-page order details ethical breaches, misdiagnoses and the
inappropriate and excessive prescribing of drugs, including narcotics,
in the treatment of 10 patients Stein saw between 1991 and 2000. The
board found that Stein had sexual relations with a patient, treated
children even though he is not a child psychiatrist and was responsible
for the deterioration of several people under his care.
Related story:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10929-2003Sep27.html
Physician suspended
September 25, 2003
San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20030925-9999_1m25suspend.html
A Chula Vista doctor described as a "sexual predator with a medical
license" has been suspended from practicing and may face criminal
charges in connection with the alleged rape of a sedated patient. A
judge ordered family practice Dr.
Luis Perez yesterday to stop treating
patients, saying that allowing Perez to continue working would endanger
the public's health, safety and welfare.
Associated Press
http://www.kingcountyjournal.com/sited/story/html/143280
doctor who is accused of raping a 21-year-old patient during a
gynecological exam last month. No criminal charges have been filed
against Dr. Charles Momah, 47, an obstetrician-gynecologist who has
offices in
the rape allegation, police spokesman Kurt Schwan
said.
Doctor
faces new abuse counts
September 12, 2003
Albany Times-Union
http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=169200&category=REGION&BCCode=&newsdate=9/12/2003
A prominent pediatric neurologist who
was charged last year with
sexually abusing 10 boys at his Colonie office
was arraigned on 15
additional charges Thursday involving six more boys. The new
indictment
against Dr. Phillip S. Riback includes seven
counts of felony sexual
abuse. He also is accused of using physical force in some instances
to
restrain boys while touching them inappropriately during medical exams.
"When news of his arrest hit the papers, Colonie
(police) got numerous
phone calls from parents who said their children had alleged some sort
of inappropriate contact from Dr. Riback," said
Albany Count Assistant
District Attorney Peter Torncello. "The next
wave of interviews that
the Colonie police did is the basis for this
indictment."
Doctor
asks state medical board to reconsider license suspension
September 10, 2003
Knoxville News
http://www.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/article/0,1406,KNS_347_2246661,00.html
A Fountain City doctor accused of
illegally prescribing drugs and using
drugs to gain sexual favors has asked for a reconsideration hearing,
the Tennessee Department of Health said Tuesday. Diane Denton,
spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Health, said it would be
the first time Dr. Richard Heintz, 58, of
to the medical board in
Sexual assault charges delayed against
doctor
September 8, 2003
http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2003/09/09/news/z03newsdoc.txt
Prosecutors want more time before filing formal charges against a
Crosse
of a child under the age of 13. After spending the weekend in jail, Dr.
David A. Onsrud, a family practice physician at Franciscan Skemp
Healthcare, made a brief appearance Monday afternoon in front of La
Crosse County Circuit Judge Dennis Montabon.
Fearing
sexual allegations, fewer MDs do breast exams
http://www.canada.com/health/story.html?id=11BF8A5A-91C2-4E0F-AE85-3F906F917234
examinations because they are worried patients will accuse them of
impropriety, the
Morris VanAndel, registrar of the college, said
doctors are
increasingly feeling they are "damned if they do and damned if they
don't" when it comes to some examinations.
MDs group faces lawsuit
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id=3BEFA013-925A-49BA-B0F0-E927BAECC720
assaulting patients will have company in defending himself against a
massive lawsuit. Nineteen women who claim they were sexually assaulted
by Mark W. Stewart between 1969 and 1996 are suing him, and a B.C.
Supreme Court judge has ruled the
B.C. will also be a defendant. The college's lawyer, David Martin,
argued there is no duty of care owed by the college, the regulatory
body for doctors, to individual patients.
Doctor confesses
to nine sex assaults
The
Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,6775670%255E421,00.html
A BRISBANE doctor jailed for the 1997 murder of a patient who reported
him to the Health Rights Commission yesterday pleaded guilty to
sexually abusing nine other female patients. The Brisbane District
Court was told Michael McGrane drugged at least four of the
nine
patients, aged 16 to 48, during medical examinations between 1993 and
1998. McGrane, 41, is serving life for the murder of Yeun Ling Chan,
whom he injected with morphine so as to sexually assault her in January
1997.
,,Wat niet mag is aantrekkelijk'' – Gerechtspsychiater Vincent Martin verklaart de kick van de misdaad -- 29 maart
2003 – Het Nieuwsblad -- “Waarom moorden
mensen? Waarom volgen mensen een assisenproces? En waarom schieten kinderen zo
graag? Mores ontleedt de verleiding van de misdaad met
advocaten, thrillerauteurs en meesteroplichters. Voor gerechtspsychiater
Vincent Martin is het
duidelijk: ,,De slechten doen waar de
goeden van dromen.'' Waarom stonden de Amsterdammers te drummen voor de rouwstoet van Cor van Hout, een vermoorde gangster? Wat is het verhaal
van Paul Spruit, een roofovervaller die zijn stiefvader heeft vermoord? Wat
zijn de motieven van meesteroplichter Heer Olivier?
Vragen die peilen naar de sex-appeal van criminaliteit. Alles wat niet mag is, is aantrekkelijk, zegt
psychiater Vincent Martin. Hoe verklaart u dat? ,,Een
baby of een kind hoeft niks te doen om iets te krijgen. Hoe
ouder je wordt, hoe meer je ervoor moet werken. Veel geld voor weinig
werk, dat klinkt iedereen goed in de oren. Bovendien is het gras altijd groener
aan de overkant. Het geeft een kick om iets te pikken. Klassiek voorbeeld: een
tekst waar LEES DIT NIET! boven staat. Dat gaan we
meteen lezen, natuurlijk. Want als het niet mag, zal het wel speciaal zijn.''
Toch wordt niet iedereen een gangster. ,,De slechten
doen waar de goeden van dromen. Waarom de slechten dat
dan doen? Omdat ze die laatste rem niet hebben. Meestal door een gebrek aan normen
en waarden bij de opvoeding. Door te veel verwend te zijn of door een totaal gebrek aan
aandacht. Alles wordt een
voorwerp, ook mensen. Als ze iets willen, pakken ze het gewoon.'' Zit er een goed of slecht
gen in ons lichaam? ,,Er is vastgesteld dat de hartslag van
criminelen lager ligt dan normaal. Dat bewijst dat ze minder vatbaar zijn voor
prikkels uit de omgeving en sterkere prikkels of kicks opzoeken om dat te
compenseren. Het kan zijn dat ze als kind veel meppen
hebben gekregen, waardoor hun hersenen zijn beschadigd. Vaak gaat het ook van
vader op zoon over.''” Zo bericht Het Nieuwsblad.
CHINA: Jaloerse dokter zet zijn vrouw op slot
– 4 februari 2002 – “Alleen hij had de sleutel. Een arts in Zuidwest-China had zo zijn twijfels over de kuisheid van zijn
vrouw Liu. Hij had echter een extreem doch onfeilbaar
middel gevonden om zich van haar trouw te verzekeren… . Het was de buren van de
vrouw de laatste tijd opgevallen dat zij nogal moeizaam door de straat liep.
Verontrust rapporteerden zij dit aan de politie, die op onderzoek uitging, zo
meldt het dagblad Beijing Evening News. De politie ontdekte dat de 22-jarige vrouw een roestig hangslot door twee gaten in haar
schaamlippen had hangen. Daarop bracht Liu de
politiemensen naar de kliniek van dokter Yao Yung. Hij overhandigde de agenten de sleutel van het
hangslot en werd direct gearresteerd. Yung was tot
zijn daad gekomen uit angst dat de vrouw er andere minnaars op na zou houden. Nader onderzoek
wees echter ook uit dat de arts Liu ooit had
gedrogeerd en verkracht tijdens een routine-onderzoek,
en haar daarna dwong bij hem in te trekken onder het dreigement dat hij anders
haar familie zou vermoorden.” Zo bericht www.radio.nl.
Stark psychologist's license
suspended -- Woman says doctor coaxed her to have relationship with him -- December 9, 2001 -- Acron Beacon Journal – COLUMBUS - The state psychology
board has indefinitely suspended the license of a Stark County psychologist after a
woman said he coaxed her into a sexual relationship with him. Scarlet Rue, 39,
testified that Lorin Sommers, 53, of
Psychiater verdacht van misbruik patiënten – 1 maart
2000 – De
Standaard -- GENT – “De vroege hoofdpsychiater van het Gentse Universitair
Ziekenhuis is
beschuldigd van langdurig seksueel misbruik. Het parket van Gent onderzoekt de klacht van een veertigjarige
ex-patiënte. Volgens
de vrouw legde dokter J. nauwelijks verhulde bekentenissen af. De psychiater zou
zich aan minstens acht patiënten vergrepen hebben. De vrouw heeft de bewijzen overgemaakt aan het
parket van Gent en wordt midden maart gehoord door de Orde van
Geneesheren. Uit de
stukken blijkt dat de patiënte jarenlang seksueel benaderd werd
door dokter J., het vroegere
diensthoofd psychiatrie van het Universitair Ziekenhuis in Gent. ,,Dokter J. bracht me
onder lichte hypnose en heeft me in die toestand gepijnigd en verkracht. Drie jaar lang heb ik sadistische
vernederingen
ondergaan. Dokter J. heeft me kapot gemaakt. In plaats van me te helpen, heeft
hij me jarenlang seksueel misbruikt. En ik ben niet de
enige: hij heeft zelf toegegeven dat hij nog minstens zeven andere patiënten seksueel
misbruikt heeft.'' J. zou ook hebben bekend dat hij nu zelf bij een collega in behandeling
is voor zijn seksuele problemen. De zaak toont aan
hoe therapeuten de vertrouwensrelatie die zij met een patiënt met psychische
problemen opbouwen, kunnen misbruiken. Vooral bij psychotherapeuten komen
afzetterij en misbruik ter sprake. De jongste jaren werden de
beroepsverenigingen steeds meer geconfronteerd met onethisch optreden van
zogenaamde psychotherapeuten. De Nationale Commissie tegen de Seksuele Uitbuiting van
Kinderen pleitte enkele
jaren geleden al voor de oprichting van een Orde van
Psychotherapeuten. Het ministerie van Volksgezondheid werkt aan een statuut voor de
psychotherapeuten, om paal en perk te stellen aan de grote verschillen in kwaliteit. Zo
zou niet meer eender wie een bordje met het opschrift psychotherapeut aan zijn
deur kunnen hangen. Wie niet aan de voorwaarden voldoet en geen kwaliteit kan
garanderen, krijgt geen toegang tot het beroep.” Zo berichten Willy De Buck en Wim Winckelmans. Lees
ook het nieuwsbericht van 29 maart 2003 op deze pagina: Een interview met
Vincent Martin over de kick van de misdaad…
www.misbruikdoorhulpverleners.nl