Writing Crimes in Healthcare

• Medisch Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1,2

Writing 

Harold Shipman -->

• Vocab quiz
• Story of Harold Shipman
• Video
• Writing assignment

What is a general practitioner?

1. Chirurg
2. Verpleegkundige
3. Receptionist
4. Huisarts

A _______ helps people sort out life issues such as addiction.

1. Socioligist
2. Social worker
3. Consultant
4. General practitioner

The ______ will diagnose you and make a treatment plan.

1. General practitioner
2. Nurse
3. Consultant
4. Pharmacist

Words today

• Administer = toedienen
• Blood pressure = bloeddruk
• Assist = assisteren
• Examine = onderzoeken
• Advise = adviseren

Administer

Advise

Blood pressure

Examine

I strongly ____ you to take your medicine.

I will ____ some morphine to help the pain.

The GP can ____ you and refer you to a specialist.

Your ____ is quite high. Are you experiencing any stress?

Who was Harold Shipman?

On 31 January 2000, Shipman was sentenced to 15 life terms for murdering 15 patients under his care, but a later inquiry concluded he had killed at least 215 people between the 1970s and the late 1990s.

  

Many of his victims were elderly women who were from the town of Hyde, Greater Manchester, and had died after he administered a lethal dose of morphine.

They found evidence for his crimes by exhuming some of the bodies. After examining the bodies, they discovered that all victims had a morphine overdose in common.

What did dr. Harold Shipman administer to his victims?

1. Vaccine
2. Rubella
3. Morphine
4. Opiates

He killed many ____ people (bejaard).

How many people do they think he killed?

1. 15
2. 50
3. 250
4. 215

Why did the daughter have suspicions about dr. Harold Shipman?

1. He killed her mother
2. He was a bad GP
3. He stole her jewellery
4. He inherited her money

Who was Primrose?

1. His daughter
2. His mother
3. His wife
4. His sister

How did his mother die?

1. Melanoma
2. Lung cancer
3. Blood loss
4. Suicide

Writing

Nu lees ik 'm wel :)

Er volgen zo vragen, dus luister goed...

Was Chris Bird close to his mum?

1. Yes
2. No

What did Chris Bird's mum suffer from?

1. Stress
2. Nervous breakdown
3. Rheumatoid arthritis
4. Gambling problems

Victim

Pamela Hillier, 68

Dr. Shipman gave Pamela's family an account of how she had died, on the 9th of February 1998. He said she had high blood pressure and that this had killed her. He had in fact administered a lethal dose of morphine.

Write a short story on behalf of 1 of the victims.
Explain who you are (fictive) and what happened.
Write at least 5 sentences.

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