Jihad and American Medicine

Adam F. Dorin M.D.

State-of-the-art counter-terrorism techniques, insights into modern medical practice, medical errors, and disaster prevention all intersect in this groundbreaking book by Adam Dorin, M.D., an anesthesiologist and medical director across 15 years. Dr. Dorin shows us why our healthcare system may be the next Ground Zero for terrorism and how many opportunities there are for terrorists to infiltrate the system. He offers a history of medical and healthcare-related serial killers, showing how they got inside the system to murder relatively easily, takes a detailed look at the profound problems that already exist in counterfeit and tainted medicinal products, and describes biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism that could be used against our healthcare system. Most critically, Dr. Dorin presents a detailed blueprint for safeguarding our system and preventing medical terrorism from ever taking place.In tackling largely hidden but potentially deadly issues such as the failures of security at hospitals and surgical centers, Dr. Dorin's unique book offers the first in-depth public expose and loud alert to the risks and gaping weak spots in our healthcare system. Written simply and clearly, this work will interest all readers concerned with terrorism and the ways they might become victim to it. Dr. Dorin's warnings should certainly also interest and inform leaders and employees in the security, law enforcement, and medical fields.

Spotlights the many opportunities for terrorists to infiltrate our medical system and lays out a complete and detailed system for preventing medical terrorism.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: American Health Care Facilities May Be the Next Ground Zero1 Medi-Terror: The Stage Is Set2 How Your Doctor Can Kill You (Without Even Knowing What He's Done)3 Evil Precedents-Health Care Workers Gone Bad4 Faking It (Counterfeit Medicines, Criminals, and Terrorists: The History and Implications of Compromised Pharmaceutical Security)5 Hospital and Surgery Center "Security".or Lack Thereof, Part I: Overview6 Hospital and Surgery Center "Security," Part II: Breaking In from the Outside7 Hospital Security, Part III: Thinking Like a Terrorist-The Inside Job8 Accreditation Standards-Lax or Not Enforced?9 Doctors' Offices Are Vulnerable10 What We Can Do and Must Do Stat (Antidotes and Anecdotes)11 As a Patient, What You Can Do to Protect Yourself-19 Tips for Survival12 The Power for Change-One Doctor at a TimeAppendix A: A History of Medical-Related "Terrorism," Poisons, and MurderAppendix B: Drug-ATMsNotesIndex