iatrocideとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /aɪˈætɹəˌsaɪd/

名詞

iatrocide (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 iatrocides)

1. The act of killing a patient by medical treatment.
   • 2016 December 1, Jack London, “Iatrocide — death at the hands of a doctor”, in Australian Morning Mail:

     And we know that iatrocide without consent is one of the choices that doctors have when it comes to our treatment.

   • 2019, Robert G. Wright, Killing Cancer - Not People, page 316:

     Actually, when all of the facts and figures are taken into consideration, as Dr. Null illustrates, the cheerleaders for iatrocide are yelling “We're Number One!”

   • 2002, Fintan Dunne, Dr. Jekyll and the Patient, Mr. Hyde:

     Death by doctor is now the third leading cause of death in the US health system. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, iatrocide is running at around 250,000 deaths per annum.

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