ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology2023
Brave Clarice-healthcare serial killers, patterns, motives, and solutions.
Review in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Cartage killers: considering highway serial homicide as a novel offender typology.Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law · 2026Article
- Healthcare student engagement with health-related content through Netflix mini-series: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying System can Enable Healthcare Serial Killing.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2025Article
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Abstract
Healthcare serial killing involves the intentional killing of multiple patients by a healthcare professional. It is a formidable challenge to identify in the medical context, and a daunting legal task to prove beyond reasonable doubt. What can be done or remains to be done to intercept these serial killing events and help serve justice, while at the same time not risk dismantling public trust in the healthcare system? In light of several recent modern charges of murder against healthcare practitioners across the world, this review aims to report the themes, patterns, and motives of medical serial killers as well as highlight areas of work on both medical and legal fronts to help identify these events, and to most importantly protect the vulnerable patient community.
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