title: Successful suicide by insulin injection in a non-diabetic.
abstract: We report the death of a young female non-diabetic after self-administration of insulin which led to the trial and conviction of her partner, who was himself an insulin-dependent diabetic. This brings out particular lessons for the pathologist in view of the rarity of such deaths, emphasizes the importance of careful laboratory analysis and illustrates a number of interesting legal points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Beastall
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D007328:Insulin / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin