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Dr Harold Shipman Research Paper

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Dr. Harold Shipman's weapon of choice would be a lethal amount of Heroine. (Gunn, 2010). At first, I was confused as to whether the syringe was the murder weapon of choice but the syringe is not what killed the victims, it was the drug in the syringe. What allowed him to go so long without being detected is a mixture of several different factors. Because so many people in the community respected him as a doctor they didn't question his methods when he told them that they needed an injection. He was very popular with patients and would attend to a patient's needs immediately. He also visited the patients at their residence. This ensured him the privacy that he needed to do whatever he felt necessary with them. Another reason is that because

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