Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report
Filicide mainly refers to the murder of a child by his/her parents. Even though filicide is a rare event, outcome of filicide is more severe compared to other types of murders. In this report, we aim to discuss the factors in which the case of a woman who attempted to kill her 2.5-year-old daughter...
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Filicide mainly refers to the murder of a child by his/her parents. Even though filicide is a rare event, outcome of filicide is more severe compared to other types of murders. In this report, we aim to discuss the factors in which the case of a woman who attempted to kill her 2.5-year-old daughter along with the demographical characteristics. Twenty-nine-year-old mother attempted to kill her daughter by hanging. Even though the victim did not die as the mother, regretted her action the triggers and the plot of the case discussed within the filicide framework. Therefore, the presented case report would contribute to the understanding of the nature of the filicide, and it might bring a different perspective, because of the different development process of filicide, sharing the disorder and interwoven motivations between the child and mother. In this respect, we aim to draw attention of pediatricians, child psychiatrists and forensic pathologists about the importance of filicide.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e455ddb366b64aafa1a005f3bc21bbd52025-08-20T03:00:53ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212019-08-0161410.24953/turkjped.2019.04.025Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case reportDilşad Foto-Özdemir0Aysun Balseven-Odabaşı1Aysun Balseven-Odabaşı2Ferda Karadağ3Ramazan Akçan4Eda Yılmaz5Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Forensic Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.Departments of Forensic Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.Department of Forensic Medicine, Erzurum Education and Research Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey. Filicide mainly refers to the murder of a child by his/her parents. Even though filicide is a rare event, outcome of filicide is more severe compared to other types of murders. In this report, we aim to discuss the factors in which the case of a woman who attempted to kill her 2.5-year-old daughter along with the demographical characteristics. Twenty-nine-year-old mother attempted to kill her daughter by hanging. Even though the victim did not die as the mother, regretted her action the triggers and the plot of the case discussed within the filicide framework. Therefore, the presented case report would contribute to the understanding of the nature of the filicide, and it might bring a different perspective, because of the different development process of filicide, sharing the disorder and interwoven motivations between the child and mother. In this respect, we aim to draw attention of pediatricians, child psychiatrists and forensic pathologists about the importance of filicide. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/747fatal child abusefilicidematernal filicide |
| spellingShingle | Dilşad Foto-Özdemir Aysun Balseven-Odabaşı Aysun Balseven-Odabaşı Ferda Karadağ Ramazan Akçan Eda Yılmaz Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics fatal child abuse filicide maternal filicide |
| title | Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report |
| title_full | Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report |
| title_short | Medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt: a case report |
| title_sort | medicolegal evaluation of a maternal filicide attempt a case report |
| topic | fatal child abuse filicide maternal filicide |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/747 |
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