Main description:

With recent technological advances, fields such as forensic odontology, forensic biology, forensic serology, forensic psychiatry and forensic pathology have been recognized as major subspecialities. Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology provides all the recent updates on medical jurisprudence, clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology to help forensic specialists, as well as medical professionals who need to seek the opinion of a forensic specialist in medicolegal cases.

The book is divided into 3 sections; medical jurisprudence, medical ethics, forensic pathology or toxicology. The book includes detailed debate on medicolegal examination and certification of a case of injury, medicolegal aspects of injuries, how to approach a case of poisoning, alcohol intoxication, head and neck injury, attempted strangulation, and emerging issues in sex verification and victim identification in mass disasters.

Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology is an important and highly relevant book for residents and fellows in forensic medicine, forensic medicine specialists and medical officers.

Key Points

Features discussion on the legal, social and humanitarian aspects of euthanasia
Up-to-date debates on expert medical evidence, legal and medical issues of medical records
Over 160 full colour and black and white illustrations, images and tables

Contents:

Section I Medical Jurisprudence

Medicolegal Issues in Consent
Medical Ethics and Negligence Cases in India
Euthanasia: Legal, Social and Humanitarian Aspects
Age of Child: Legal Perspective
Recent Changes in Sexual Assault and Rape Laws
Court Room Procedures
Expert Medical Evidence
Legal and Ethical Issues of Medical Records

Section II Clinical Forensic Medicine

Medicolegal Examination and Certification of a Case of Injury
Medicolegal Aspects of Injuries
An Approach to a Case of Poisoning
An Approach to a Case of Alcohol Intoxication
An Approach to a Case of Head and Neck Injury
An Approach to a Case of Near-hanging/Attempted Strangulation
Emerging Issues in Sex Verification
Victim Identification in Mass Disasters

Section III FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

Judicial Hanging
Dyadic Deaths
Fat Embolism
Tattoo: Historical, Social and Psychological Aspects
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Post-autopsy Reconstruction
Index