Handbook of forensic medicine / edited by Burkhard Madea.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Madea, B. (Burkhard), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical jurisprudence--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Medical jurisprudence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Forensic Medicine encompasses all areas in which medicine and law interact. This book covers diverse aspects of forensic medicine including forensic pathology, traumatology and violent death, sudden and unexpected death, clinical forensic medicine, toxicology, traffic medicine, identification, haemogenetics and medical law. A knowledge of all these subdisciplines is necessary in order to solve routine as well as more unusual cases. Taking a comprehensive approach the book m.oves beyond a focus on forensic pathology to include clinical forensic medicine and forensic toxicology. All aspects of

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Brief Contents; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; PART I: Duties of Forensic Medicine in Modern Societies; 1: History of Forensic Medicine; 1.1 Definitions; 1.2 Civilisations of the Near East and China; 1.3 Justinian enactments; 1.4 Further developments and Italian town charters; 1.5 Forensic medicine as a book science; 1.6 Forensic medicine as an experimental science; 1.6.1 France; 1.6.2 Prussia; 1.6.3 Austria; 1.6.4 United Kingdom; 1.7 Current problems; References and further reading; 2: Duties of Forensic Medicine; References and further reading

3: Forensic Medicine and Human Rights3.1 Human rights issues; 3.1.1 Human rights courts; 3.1.2 Ad hoc and permanent tribunals; 3.1.3 Exhumations and autopsies; 3.1.4 Forensic observers and inspectors; 3.1.5 Autopsy protocols; 3.1.6 Clinical forensic examinations; 3.1.7 Forensic evaluation based on documents; 3.1.8 Expert witnesses in international courts; 3.1.9 Training and research; 3.1.10 International expert network; 3.2 Torture; 3.2.1 Torture methods; 3.2.2 Sequelae to torture; 3.2.3 Psychological torture; 3.2.4 Examination of torture victims; 3.2.5 Treatment of torture victims

Useful websites4: International Guidelines and Accreditation in Forensic Medicine; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Autopsy standards in forensic medicine; 4.1.2 Laboratory standards in forensic medicine: quality management in forensic DNA analysis and forensic toxicology; 4.2 Recommendations for forensic DNA laboratories based on ISO/IEC 17025; 4.3 Recommendations for forensic toxicological laboratories based on ISO/IEC 17025; 4.4 Recommendations for forensic pathology based on ISO/IEC 17025; 4.5 Recommendations for clinical forensic medicine based on ISO/IEC 17020; Useful websites

References and further readingPART II: Medical Aspects of Death; 5: Nature and Definition of Death; 5.1 Death and dying; 5.1.1 Agonal period; 5.2 Determination of death; 5.2.1 'Apparent death'; 5.2.2 Brain death; References and further reading; 6: Certification of Death: External Postmortem Examination; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cause of death; 6.3 Causes of death as shown by cause of death statistics; 6.4 Consistency between cause of death diagnosis on the death certificate and following autopsy; 6.5 Manner of death; 6.5.1 Problem areas

6.6 Special constellations of circumstances in external postmortem examination6.6.1 Unexpected deaths during hospitalisation; 6.6.2 Deaths in police custody; 6.6.3 Deaths in prison; 6.6.4 Deaths in the bathroom; 6.6.5 Deaths in psychiatric hospitals; 6.6.6 Deaths at the steering-wheel; 6.6.7 Deaths by poisoning; 6.6.8 Discovery of several corpses; 6.7 Checklist for the external postmortem examination (according to Madea 2006); 6.7.1 Who initiated external postmortem examination/who notified doctor?; 6.7.2 Date and time of the external postmortem examination

6.7.3 Place of the external postmortem examination

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118570623

1118570626

9781118570654

1118570650

9781118570630

1118570634

OCLC:

874322198