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Author(s): Peter Vanezis

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Year: 2019

Language: english

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ISBN 10: 1119186897
ISBN 13: 9781119186892
Author: Peter Vanezis

Provides an invaluable distillation of key topics in forensic medicine for undergraduate, masters, and postgraduate students

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.

A fresh, accessible, up to date textbook on forensic medicine
Written by a well-known experts with decades of experience in the field
Includes numerous figures and tables, and detailed lists of key information
Features numerous case studies to reinforce key concepts and ideas explored within the book
Helps students to prepare for examinations and enables practitioners to broaden their understanding of the discipline

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.

Essential Forensic Medicine 1st Table of contents:

1. The Legal System, Courts, and Witnesses
1.1 Introduction
1.2 British Courts
1.3 The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
1.4 English and Welsh Courts
1.5 Scottish Courts
1.6 Northern Ireland Courts
1.7 Other Courts
1.8 Types of Witnesses and Evidence
References

2. Investigation of the Deceased and Their Lawful Disposal
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Certification of Details of Death by the Registrar of Births and Deaths and Lawful Disposal of the Body
2.3 Death Certificate
2.4 When May a Doctor Issue a Death Certificate?
2.5 The Form of the Certificate in England and Wales
2.6 Legal Procedures in the Coroner System
2.7 Deaths Abroad
2.8 Inquests
2.9 Registration of Death
2.10 Burial
2.11 Cremation
2.12 The Human Tissue Act 2004 and Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006
2.13 Exhumation Is Discussed in Detail in Chapter 5
2.14 Legal Procedures in Death Investigation: Other Systems

3. The Duties of a Registered Medical Practitioner and the General Medical Council
3.1 Medical Acts
3.2 Role of the GMC
3.3 Consent
3.4 Decisions Involving Children and Young People
3.5 Consent and Capacity
3.6 Medical Confidentiality

4. General Principles of Scene Examination
4.1 Concept of the Scene
4.2 Scene Investigation and Locard’s Principle
4.3 Scene Location and Associated Problems
4.4 Type of Incidents
4.5 The Forensic Pathologist and Other Medical Personnel at the Scene

5. The Medico-Legal Autopsy
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Historical Background
5.3 Types of Autopsy
5.4 Types of Autopsy in the Coroner System
5.5 Autopsy Procedure
5.6 Examination of the Exhumed Body
5.7 Safety in the Mortuary and Dealing with High-Risk Cases

6. Interpretation of Injuries: General Principles, Classification, and Age Estimation
6.1 Introduction
6.2 General Aspects
6.3 Timing of Bruises
6.4 Colour Measurement of Bruising
6.5 Differentiation from Artefacts and Other Post-Mortem Appearances
6.6 Decomposition

7. Blunt Impact Trauma
7.1 External Surface Injuries
7.2 Types of Incidents in Which Blunt Impact Trauma Is the Predominant Feature

8. Sharp Force Trauma
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Characteristics of Sharp Force Trauma Scenes
8.3 Incised (Slash) Wounds
8.4 Stab Wounds and Their Assessment
8.5 Glass Injuries
8.6 Injuries from Other Sharp Objects