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Ethical Legal Feature Setting Limits: The Threat of Violence in the Health Care Setting Feature Editor Introduction: Kristi L. Kirschner, MD On September 20, 2010, an angry son came into Johns Hopkins Medical Center, met with the surgeon caring for his mother, and shot him. He then turned the gun on his mother and then himself. The surgeon survived, but the man and his mother did not. Although details of the dispute have been kept private, from the little that we know, it appears that the mother had advanced cancer and, despite surgery, was not doing well. Just before the assault,