KILLER DOCTORS

Hardback, 1st edn. Doctors have a special position in society. They are looked up to as healers and trusted friends. Very often patients and their relatives come to rely implicitly on their judgement even beyond purely medical matters. It is therefore all the more shattering when the trust is betrayed and the healer is revealed to be a killer. This book examines 13 cases of doctors who have cruelly exploited their privileged position to kill for lust, greed and power. Features amongst others : John Baksh, John Branion, Marcel Petiot, John Bodkin Adams, Dr. Robert Clements, Carl Anthony Coppolino, Charles Friedgood, Dr. John Hill, Dr. Buck Ruxton, Dr. John Dale Cavaness, Peter Drinkwater etc., etc. A macabre but highly entertaining examination of the most extreme form of medical malpractice - premediated murder. Illus. 278pp. 8vo. Nr. F. in Vg. dw.