title: Health care serial murder: a patient safety orphan.
abstract: Two recent instances of alleged health care serial murder raise questions about the priority of efforts to address this problem and the adequacy of current health care safety systems for preventing such intentionally caused adverse events.
authors.affiliation: School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California State Capital Center, Sacramento, USA. kenneth.kizer@medsphere.com
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Kizer
authors.forename: Beatrice C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yorker
mesh_terms: D006282:Health Personnel; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D017751:Safety Management; D014481:United States