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3. Successful Suicide by Insulin Injection in a Non-Diabetic

1995; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 35; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/002580249503500116

2042-1818

G. H. Beastall, Ian H. Gibson, Jeff Vance Martin,

Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders

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.