Doctors Who Kill: Profiles of Lethal Medics

by Carol Anne Davis

From Beverley Allitt, the attention-seeking nurse who preyed on the children in her care, to the infamous Dr Harold Shipman, who was responsible for the deaths of at least 218 of his patients, history has been littered with examples of healers who have done anything but. In a comprehensive study of violent crimes perpetrated by health care professionals, Davis offers valuable insights into 34 case studies involving doctors and nurses who have crossed the line from healer to killer. These in depth analyses include interviews with experts in the fields of mental health and criminology.

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime

339 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 15, 2010

Reviews

[Deanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting accounts of doctors, nurses and paramedics who kill, fairly factual without being too wordy. The killers cover various types of murderers and victims, there are one off killings of family members and killings for financial gain. There's also the medical killers of patients, some well know Harold Shipman and Beverly Allit to others less well known but their impact on their victims and their famillies are just as important.
Work in a hospital and can only hope that these kinds of people would be spotted quickly and stopped.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like with the other books I've read from this author I found it 'meh.' Better then her female killers book which was extremely bad but nothing revolutionary. Still issues with problematic language and the way she portrayed the victims and their killers.