Vanezis P. Essential Forensic Medicine 2020

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Essential Forensic Medicine covers the broad area of the forensic medical sciences, delivering core knowledge in the biomedical sciences, and the law and ethics surrounding them. Concise, accessible chapters cover a wide range of topics from basic forensic identification and examination techniques to forensic toxicology and psychiatry.Written by internationally-recognized experts in the field, this authoritative guide offers complete chapter coverage of the legal system, courts, and witnesses; investigation of the deceased and their lawful disposal; and the duties of a registered medical practitioner and the General Medical Council. It instructs readers on the general principles of scene examination and the medico-legal autopsy including how to interpret the many kinds of injuries one can suffer—including those from blunt impact and sharp force, firearms and explosives, asphyxia and drowning. Further chapters cover sexual offences, child abuse, and using DNA in human identification, mental health, alcohol and drug abuse.Part of the “Essential Forensic Science” series, Essential Forensic Medicine is a highly useful guide for advanced undergraduate students, master’s students, and new practitioners to the field.
The Legal System, Courts, and Witnesses
Investigation of the Deceased and Their Lawful Disposal
The Duties of a Registered Medical Practitioner and the General Medical Council
General Principles of Scene Examination
The Medico-legal Autopsy
Interpretation of Injuries: General Principles, Classification, and Age Estimation
Blunt Impact Trauma
Sharp Force Trauma
Firearm and Explosion Injuries
Forensic Aspects of Asphyxia and Drowning
Forensic Medical Aspects of Human Rights Issues
Sexual Offences
Paediatric Forensic Medicine
Sudden Natural Death
Heat, Cold, and Electricity
Diagnosing Death and Changes after Death
Identification: General Principles, including Anthropology, Fingerprints, and the Investigation of Mass Deaths
Use of DNA in Human Identification
Forensic Odontology and Human Identification
Crime and Mental Health/Forensic Psychiatry
Maternal Deaths
The Examination of Detainees and Death in Custody
Forensic Toxicology: Clinico-pathological Aspects and Medico-legal Issues
Illicit Drug Use