When care and harm coexist: Challenges in forensic classification of prolonged fatal starvation
Published online on July 23, 2026
Abstract
Medicine, Science and the Law, Ahead of Print.
Deaths involving prolonged starvation and immobility are commonly interpreted through frameworks of neglect, restraint, abuse or medical failure. This paper re-examines a published forensic case involving a 47-year-old woman who died following prolonged ...
Deaths involving prolonged starvation and immobility are commonly interpreted through frameworks of neglect, restraint, abuse or medical failure. This paper re-examines a published forensic case involving a 47-year-old woman who died following prolonged ...