Dr. Shipman Case
Dr. Shipman was the overseer of his mom, during her illness with terminal lung cancer. It was at that moment he became fascinated with the effect that morphine had on his mom suffering. After his mom died, he decided to go to medical school at Leeds University. In 1974 he joined a medical practice in Todmorden, Yorkshire as a family practitioner, in which he became addicted to a painkiller Pethidine. During that time he was forced to resign from his position when his co-worker reported him for forgery of prescription drugs. He later received a small fine and convicted for forgery of prescription drugs(Shipman, H. 2017). Dr. Shipman was discovered by a local undertaker when his patients were dying in high volume. It took a patient by the name