Citation

Beastall GH, Gibson IH, Martin J. Med. Sci. Law 1995; 35(1): 79-85.

Affiliation

Department of Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, British Academy of Forensic Sciences, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7877480

Abstract

We report the death of a young female non-diabetic after self-administration of insulin which led to the trial and conviction of her partner, who was himself an insulin-dependent diabetic. This brings out particular lessons for the pathologist in view of the rarity of such deaths, emphasizes the importance of careful laboratory analysis and illustrates a number of interesting legal points.

Language: en