Forensic Pathology

Principles and Practice
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-4933-0040-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 616 Seiten

Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice is an extensively illustrated reference book that contains more than 1800 color photographs accompanied by well-considered text that thoroughly explains representative topics, and also provides abundant, up-to-date references for further reading. This well-written volume uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. It will benefit not only the experienced forensic pathologist, but also the hospital pathologist who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies. Doctors in training and those law enforcement officials investigating the broad spectrum of sudden, unexpected and violent deaths that may fall within the jurisdiction of medicolegal death investigators will also find this an invaluable resource.

* Large, colorful photographs which beautifully illustrate the concepts outlined in the text.
* Sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death.
* 'Do and Don't' sections at the end of each chapter which provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined within preceding sections.

Zielgruppe

Pathologists, Forensic Pathologists, Medical Examiners, medical and forensic science students, law enforcement, crime scene investigators, Attorneys, fellows and students of the medical sciences

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lew, Emma O.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Forensik, Rechtsmedizin, Gerichtsmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Rechtsmedizin, Forensik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

a. Foreword
b. Preface
1. Medicolegal investigation of death
2. Death Scene Investigation
3. The Forensic Autopsy
4. Sudden Natural Death
5. Blunt force injury
6. Sharp Force Injuries
7. Firearm Injuries
8. Asphyxia
9. Drowning
10. Environmental Injury
11. Motor Vehicle Collisions
12. Aviation
13. Death in Custody
14. Artifacts of Resuscitation and Complications of Medical Therapy
15. Apparent Natural Death in Infants
16. Sudden Natural Death in Childhood
17. Child abuse
18. Elder Abuse
19. Forensic Neuropathology
20. Sexual Battery Investigation
21. Toxicology
22. Acute Psychiatric and Emotional Deaths
23. Pregnancy
24. Postmortem Changes
25. Identification
26. Forensic Osteology
27. Forensic Odontology
28. Forensic Photography
29. Select Autopsy Topics
30. Death Certification
31. The Pathologist as Expert Witness
32. Index