Strangulation and Suffocation
Strangulation and Suffocation
Strangulation and Suffocation
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Elder <strong>Strangulation</strong><br />
• Often an outcome of history of domestic <strong>and</strong><br />
family violence<br />
• Relationship to financial control<br />
– Part of control of money, denial of meds,<br />
treatment, neglect<br />
• Natural disease processes increase risk of<br />
death<br />
– Disease states<br />
– Medications such as blood thinners<br />
(c) Dean Hawley <strong>and</strong> C<strong>and</strong>ace Heisler, 2012 8
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