This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on ISI (7)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Topic Collections  • Violence and Human Rights  • Violence and Human Rights, Other  • Aging/ Geriatrics  • Alert me on articles by topic

Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:1567-1569.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

INTRODUCTION

AN ELDERLY WHITE woman died in the care of a male friend who was her caretaker for the past year. She was found in her bed, unresponsive, and the police were notified. Upon arrival, the police found her in the bed on top of dirty, soiled linens. Fecal material and areas of urine staining were present, each in excess of what would be expected from agonal defecation and urination. Her physician refused to sign the death certificate because he had not seen her in 2 years, and previously she had been doing well. He could not think of a clear cause of death since her medical history was significant only for senile dementia and osteoporosis during the past 4 years. The male friend was considered the next of kin, and he desperately wanted to complete the paperwork for burial and insurance purposes. The physician agreed to sign the death certificate . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTOPSY FINDINGS

COMMENT

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Findings From an Elder Abuse Forensic Center
Wiglesworth et al.
Gerontologist 2006;46:277-283.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Case of the Month: Wrapping Things Up
Hanzlick and the Autopsy Committee of the College of American P
Arch Intern Med 2000;160:3029-3031.
FULL TEXT