title: Hungary's 'black angel' and her 'dragons'.
abstract: Nurse Timea Faludi was taken into custody in Hungary in 2001, after confessing to administering lethal doses of drugs to seriously ill elderly patients between May 2000 and February 2001. On 2 December 2002, the Court of First Instance found the nurse guilty on several counts of attempted homicide and of wilfully endangering four persons' lives in her professional capacity. This article discusses unethical and illegal acts in Hungary.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Erkel Gyula Street 24-26, 1046 Budapest, Hungary. rozsos@freemail.hu
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rozsos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000941:ethics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*