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clinicidal en · ADJ

Etymology

From clinicide + -al.

Meanings

1. Likely to commit, or to attempt to commit, clinicide.
   • On the other hand, some clinicidal doctors seem to have extreme narcissistic personalities—the full-blown “God complex”—that leads them to believe that they have the right to decide whether someone lives or dies. 2012, Ronald Schouten, James Silver, Almost a Psychopath, →ISBN:
   • A clinicidal GP need travel only a short distance to find vulnerable victims; with a list of registered patients from which to select, and multiple excuses for scheduled (and unscheduled) encounters behind closed doors, the clinicidal GP in the NHS is in an advantageous occupational position. 2013, Danielle Griffiths, Andrew Sanders, Bioethics, Medicine and the Criminal Law, →ISBN:
   • Many clinicidal doctors have extreme narcissistic personalities, a grandiose view of their own capability and inability to accept that they could be criticized or need assistance from other doctors. 2007 August, Robert Kaplan, “The clinicide phenomenon: an exploration of medical murder”, in Australasian Psychiatry:

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