Clinical forensic medicine / edited by W.D.S. McLay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McLay, W. D. S. (W. David S.), editor.

Series:

Cambridge medicine (Series)

Cambridge medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Medical evidence plays a vital part in many criminal prosecutions, most notably when serious injury or physical abuse is part of the prosecution's case. Now in its third edition, this book is an essential text for practitioners of clinical forensic medicine and for those who take them through judicial proceedings, be they prosecutors or defence lawyers. It is written by a team of skilled and experienced authors with practical issues firmly in mind. The book has been revised to take account of changes in both statute and case law that have occurred since publication of the previous edition as well as improvements in medical and scientific understanding. In particular, the approach to uncertainties in child abuse has been brought up to date and a completely new account of blood-borne viral diseases is included.

Contents:

Legal systems : a world view / W.T.M. Ransom

Scottish legal system / C. George M. Fernie

The police in the United Kingdom / Crispian Strachan

The practitioner's obligations / Michael A. Knight ; with contributions by Michael Wilks and C. George M. Fernie

The doctor in court / Peter J. Franklin

Custody medicine : physical conditions / Jeanne Herring

Custody medicine : mental illness and psychological conditions / Victoria Evans and Gavin Reid

Substance misuse / Margaret M. Stark and Guy A. Norfolk

Alcohol / Ian F. Wall

Injury / Jack Crane

Child abuse : physical / Robert Sunderland

Child abuse : sexual / Catherine White ; with contribution from Cathy Cobley

Adult sexual offences / Deborah J. Rogers

Management of at-risk exposures and infection control in custody / Felicity Nicholson

Scenes of crime / Ian Hogg

Forensic science / Ian C. Shaw and Julie Mennell

Forensic dentistry / Judith A. Hinchliffe

Investigation of death / Peter Dean

Dealing with a major disaster / Anthony Busuttil

Occupational health of police officers / W.D.S. McLay.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-73811-0

1-107-19277-3

0-511-50856-5

0-511-50499-3

0-511-50922-7

0-511-57630-7

0-511-50713-5

OCLC:

437110169