Last week we came across another tragic tale of an orthopedic surgeon who was shot and killed by a patient he was trying to help. On July 11, Dr. Benjamin Mauck decided to take time out of his busy day to see a patient who had been waiting for several hours to see a doctor […]
Reducing Violence by Treating it like a Medical Disease
A program called Ceasefire that began in a Chicago neighborhood has helped curb crime rates all across the country by treating violence like an infectious disease. Epidemiologist Gary Slutkin, MD, founded the program in 2000 after noticing the high crime tendencies in his Chicago neighborhood of West Garfield Park. Slutkin had spent his early years […]