81. Dr. Linda Hazzard: Starved for a Cure

Join us as we discuss Dr. Linda Hazzard, known as the "Starvation Doctor," who believed that starving her patients would cure them. Instead it resulted in death, financial devastation, and pain. Dee and Ris discuss the medical and psychiatric perspectives behind this case, based upon their experiences as nurses. Sourceshttps://archive.org/details/fastingforcured00hazzgooghttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wellington-daily-news/129717435/https://www.historylink.org/File/7955https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_35.html