Harold Fredrick Shipman
Perhaps the world’s most prolific serial killer, it has been estimated by investigators that Harold Fredrick Shipman was responsible for the deaths of over 250 people; many of which were in his care as a physician. Using quality sources research Harold Frederick Shipman and his offenses to develop a 1 -2 page response paper. Your response should include:
1. A biographical summary of Harold Frederick Shipman and his offenses.
2. Explain why killings within the healthcare setting may go undetected.
3. What motivational factors move a “caregiver” to commit murder?
Harold Fredrick Shipman
Harold Fredrick Shipman, British doctor and serial killer who murdered about 250 of his patients, according to an inquiry into his crimes. Shipman`s murders raised troubling questions about the powers and responsibilities of the medical community and about the adequacy of procedures for certifying sudden death. His motives were unclear; some speculated that Shipman may have been seeking to avenge the death of his mother, while others suggested that he thought he was practicing euthanasia, removing from the population older people who might otherwise have become a burden to the health care system. A third possibility raised was that he derived pleasure from the knowledge that, as a doctor, he had the power of life or death over his patients and that killing was the means through which he expressed this power.