Some medical serial killers murder patients to satisfy a pathological need for attention
Some medical serial killers suffer from a form of Munchausen syndrome by proxy, murdering patients to satisfy a pathological craving for the attention and praise given to 'rescuers.'
Medical professionals who become serial killers often use their positions of trust to induce life-threatening crises in patients, purely so they can be seen 'saving' them. This manifestation of Munchausen syndrome by proxy was evident in the case of Genene Jones, a pediatric nurse in Texas believed to have killed up to 46 infants by injecting them with lethal doses of drugs like succinylcholine.
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