Charges of a different kind; Providers say overzealous prosecutors are wrongly trying to transform poor medical judgment into criminal intent.

Modern Healthcare, October, 2007 by Blesch, Gregg

Byline: Gregg Blesch

Bay Area transplant surgeon Hootan Roozrokh faces eight years in prison for allegedly trying to make a prospective organ donor die faster.

Roozrokh was booked days after a grand jury in New Orleans declined to indict physician Anna Pou for alleged mercy killings following Hurricane Katrina, ending a more than yearlong saga for Pou and two nurses arrested with her.

And it was just over a year ago that Wisconsin nurse Julie Thao made a fatal error that would land her in a criminal courtroom.

The cases reflect what appears to be a growing willingness among ...