Attempted Serial Neonaticides: Case Report and a Brief Review of the Literature.
J Forensic Sci
; 61(1): 280-3, 2016 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-26259153
Neonaticide is an infant murder occurring on the day of birth. The case reports found in the literature are often focused on the mother as the agent in the context of pregnancy denial, dissociative symptoms, or psychosis. However, this report describes a rare case of attempted serial neonaticides, in which the acts were committed by a nurse at the nursery of a referral hospital in Brazil. The authors describe a forensic psychiatric evaluation for criminal responsibility and correlate the information from this particular case with relevant forensic themes, namely neonaticide, Munchausen by proxy syndrome, and serial healthcare killers.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Enfermeiros Neonatologistas
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Infanticídio
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Forensic Sci
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos