Vincent Marks

Forensic Aspects of Hypoglycaemia (eBook, ePUB)

First Edition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Forensic Aspects of Hypoglycaemia succinctly covers the medicolegal considerations of hypoglycaemia in a variety of scenarios including driving fatalities, petty crime, homicide and suicide. Covering the definitions and diagnosis of hypoglycaemia to its bearing on criminal behavior, this book draws on the author's extensive experience and contains a wealth of information for physicians and lawyers, including cases from the author's past and notable cases in the public domain.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351678087
• Artikelnr.: 55672282

Autorenporträt

Professor Vincent Marks is a graduate of Oxford University and Emeritus Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Founder Dean of Medicine from 1995-2000 at the University of Surrey. Consultant in Chemical Pathology and Metabolic Medicine in the Epsom from 1962-1969 and in Guilford from 1970-1995. Professor Marks is the senior author of Insulin Murders and has acted as an expert witness in numerous cases of purported insulin homicide at home and abroad, most notable the Claus von Bülow case in the USA, in which hypoglycaemia was a key factor.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
About the Author
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. The Control of Blood Glucose in Health and Disease: Hypoglycaemia
2. Petty Crime
3. Violence and Aggression
4. Accident and Negligence
5. Spontaneous (or Non-Iatrogenic) Hypoglycaemia
6. Driving Offences
7. Hypoglycaemia from Drugs including Insulin and Sulphonylureas
8. Forensic Investigation of Hypoglycaemia
9. Factitious Hypoglycaemia and Suicide
10. Murder; Single Individuals
11. Munchausen by Proxy: Infanticide and Murder of Children
12. Murder and Attempted Murder with Insulin by Carers
13. Confessions
14. Frequently Asked Questions
15. Expert Witness
Index