Death in a Halifax hospital: a murder case highlights a profession's divisions.
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چکیده
In the exhaustive report, Nancy Robb discusses the murder charge laid against respirologist Nancy Morrison following the death of a patient in a Halifax hospital. There appear to be no blacks and whites in the sea of grey surrounding this case, she reports.
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On May 6, 1997, 60 police officers swarmed into the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in order to effect the arrest of a physician, Dr. Nancy Morrison, on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of a patient six months earlier. They also carried out searches of 21 locations pursuant to a search warrant. The patient had died in the int...
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
دوره 157 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997