Neurologist accused of inaccuracy acquitted

(18 Jun 2015) A Dutch appeals court acquitted a neurologist on Thursday who was convicted of knowingly giving inaccurate diagnoses to patients, saying prosecutors had not proved he acted deliberately. Ernst Jansen Steur was originally sentenced to three years in prison in one of the country's highest-profile medical malpractice cases. He appealed, as did prosecutors who said he should have been jailed for six years. One of Jansen Steur's patients took her own life after he told her she had a terminal illness. The Arnhem Appeals Court on Thursday gave him a suspended six-month sentence for offences including stealing prescriptions. Jansen Steur has been diagnosed with a narcissistic personality disorder and was addicted to prescription sedatives at the time of some of his false diagnoses. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...