Insulin Murders

True Life Cases
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-1-85315-760-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm, Gewicht: 222 g

Insulin Murders is the first book on the market to describe real life cases of murder (and purported murder) using insulin (and other hypoglycaemic agents) as a murder weapon. Written by a leading authority on insulin and its use as a murder weapon, this is a gripping account of true life crime, intended for doctors and laypeople alike.

Insulin Murders is a unique collection of real life tales and includes details of the evidence that proved the innocence of Claus von Bulow, played by Jeremy Irons in the well known Hollywood film about the case, Reversal of Fortune, in the first criminal trial ever to be televised in the US.

Insulin Murders is written by Vincent Marks, author of the well-known and critically acclaimed Panic Nation and world authority on insulin, and Caroline Richmond, a well known medical journalist and writer, with a foreword by Nick Ross, journalist and broadcaster. It will appeal to both the medical and non-medical communities, and especially to all those with an interest in forensic medicine or true life crime.

Zielgruppe

General and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Marks, Vincent

Richmond, Caroline

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Nick Ross
Preface
About the authors
Acknowledgements
1. Kenneth Barlow, England: the first documented case
2. Herr Breslau, Germany: a brutal killing
3. William Archerd, USA: a serial matrimonialist killer
4. Claus von Bulow, USA: the fi rst televised trial
5. Dolores Christina Miller, USA: why did she bother to kill a dying man?
6. Beverly Allitt, England: the nurse who killed babies
7. Jane Wagstaffe, England: was it suicide?
8. Maria Whiston, England: the “insulin between the toes†case
9. Susan Shickle, England: “It wasn’t me, it was himâ€
10. Noburo Kato, Japan: a botched murder
11. Deborah Winzar, England: a case of wrongful conviction?
12. Vicki Jensen, USA: a heinous crime
13. Colin Bouwer, New Zealand: Professor of Psychiatry and murderer
14. Elaine Robinson, Wales: a bizarre death
Appendix
Further reading
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vincent Marks went to Oxford on a scholarship to study medicine just after the Second World War. He became a world authority on hypoglycaemia early in his career, during which he was Professor of Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Surrey in Guildford, where he was also Dean of the Science Faculty and Founder of the Medical School. He is one of the pioneers of immunoassay and founder of the biotech company, ClifMar Associates, amongst others. He is a former President of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry and former Vice-President of The Royal College of Pathologists. He is one of the world's leading authorities on the measurement of insulin and has extensive specialist knowledge of medical research, including clinical chemistry and nutrition. Investigators worldwide call upon his expertise whenever a crime, or suspected crime, involves insulin or hypoglycaemia.

Caroline Richmond has had three careers: as a laboratory scientist in pharmacology and neurosciences; as a book editor; and as a science writer and medical journalist. She is a respected obituary writer for the British Medical Journal, The Independent and The Guardian, and also writes for the The Oldie magazine. She founded HealthWatch, which campaigns for evidence-based medicine.