TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - California doctor convicted of murder over deaths of three patients by overdose JO - BMJ A1 - McCarthy, Michael SP - h5913 EP - h5913 VL - 351 IS - N2 -
A California doctor has been convicted of second degree murder for overprescribing drugs that caused fatal overdoses in three of her patients. Prosecutors said it was the first time in the United States that a doctor had been convicted for murder for overprescribing drugs. A jury of 10 women and two men handed down the verdict in Los Angeles County Superior Court on 30 October, finding the doctor, Hsiu Ying “Lisa” Tseng, 45, guilty of 23 counts, including 19 counts of prescribing …
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LA - en SN - 0959-535X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.h5913 ID - ref1 ER -