Kroll P, Silk K, Chamberlain K, Ging R
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Dec;134(12):1376-80. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.12.1376.
During July and August 1975 a large number of patients at the Ann Arbor Veterans Administration Hospital experienced unexplained respiratory arrests, and there were six deaths. These were later shown to be due to the deliberate injection of pancuronium bromide, a muscle relaxant. A questionnaire survey of the reactions of the hospital patients and staff to the deaths revealed that the patients had more confidence in the hospital and their medical treatment than did the staff, and those patients who were theoretically most vulnerable used denial to cope with the unprecedented and frightening situation.
1975年7月和8月期间，安阿伯退伍军人管理局医院的大量患者出现不明原因的呼吸骤停，并有6人死亡。后来发现这些死亡是由于故意注射了肌肉松弛剂溴化潘库溴铵所致。一项针对医院患者和工作人员对这些死亡事件反应的问卷调查显示，患者比工作人员对医院及其医疗更有信心，而且那些理论上最易受影响的患者通过否认来应对这一前所未有的可怕情况。
