Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services
School of Nursing, School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics
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INTRODUCTION
Beatrice Yorker served as the Dean of Health and Human Services at California State University, Los Angeles from 2005-2015. She is currently a Professor Emerita of Nursing and Criminal Justice & Criminalistics.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Psychiatric Nursing, Child Abuse and Neglect, Survey Research, Leadership
RESEARCH
Munchausen by Proxy, Serial Murder by Healthcare Providers,
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
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Kizer, KW, Yorker, BC (2010) Health Care Serial Murder: A Patient Safety Orphan. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 36(4):186-191. |
2010 |
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Yorker, B.C., Kizer, K.W., Forrest, A.R.W., Lampe, P., Lannan, J., Russell, D. (2006) Serial murder by healthcare professionals.Journal of Forensic Science, 51:6 1362-1372. |
2006 |
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Yorker, B.C., Kelley, S.J. (2003) Case law regarding nurses as expert witnesses in child abuse. Issues in Mental Health Nursing 24:639-645. |
2003 |
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| Publication 1 | 2001 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
J.D. Law, 1988
- Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
M.S. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 1978
- University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
B.S. Nursing, 1975
•University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA