Dr. Shipman Case

Dr. Shipman was the overseer of his mom, during her illness with terminal lung cancer. It was at that moment he became fascinated with the effect that morphine had on his mom suffering. After his mom died, he decided to go to medical school at Leeds University. In 1974 he joined a medical practice in Todmorden, Yorkshire as a family practitioner, in which he became addicted to a painkiller Pethidine. During that time he was forced to resign from his position when his co-worker reported him for forgery of prescription drugs. He later received a small fine and convicted for forgery of prescription drugs(Shipman, H. 2017). Dr. Shipman was discovered by a local undertaker when his patients were dying in high volume. It took a patient by the name
Kathleen Grundy daughter who had some concerns in how her mom died. It was later determined that Dr. Shipman had given her morphine prior to her death. In their investigation, they found there were others that died from an overdose of morphine, in which he suggested to their family to cremated them to cover up their cause of death. But, during the investigation, it was discovered that he diagnose his patient with an illness that this not occur. In addition, the medical records stamped with the time and date and did not match with his records(Shipman, H. 2017).

Harold Shipman. (2017, April 28). Retrieved June 23, 2017, from https://www.biography.com/people/harold-shipman-17169712