The Death Shift

Updated with dramatic developments and multiple new murder charges—the classic account of arguably the most shocking and insidious case in the history of medicine: the crimes of one nurse that wer ...

Updated with dramatic developments and multiple new murder charges—the classic account of arguably the most shocking and insidious case in the history of medicine: the crimes of one nurse that were hidden by a hospital for years. It''s 1980, and Genene Jones is working the 3 to 11 PM shift in the pediatric ICU in San Antonio''s county hospital. As weeks go by, infants under her care begin experiencing unexpected complications—and death—in alarming numbers, prompting rumors that there is a murderer among the staff. Her eight-hour shift came to be called the death shift. This strange epidemic co