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Medical Murder presents a forensic‑psychiatric examination of doctors who violate the Hippocratic oath to commit homicide. Drawing on cases such as England’s Dr. Harold Shipman, New South Wales’ Dr. Jayant Patel, and the Sydney psychiatrist Dr. Harry Bailey, the book traces the historical and psychological currents that lead medical professionals to murder. Kaplan, a forensic psychiatrist and historian, explores motives ranging from personal grievance to state‑sanctioned atrocities, analyzing how medical expertise is perverted into tools of pain, torture, and genocide.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Robert M. Kaplan
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