Current Practice in Forensic Medicine v2

Dr John Gall is a consultant forensic physician. He is Director of Southern Medical Services Pty Ltd; Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne; Consultant at the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service at the Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre; President of the World Police Medical Officers; and Vice-President of the Australasian Association of Forensic Physicians. Jason Payne-James is a Consultant Forensic Physician & Specialist in Forensic & Legal Medicine. He is Honorary Consultant at the Paediatric & Emergency Medicine at St George's Hospital, London; Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts and the London SMD; President at the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (Royal College of Physicians); and Director of Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd.

List of Contributors Preface Chapter 1 DNA Contamination - a pragmatic clinical view Chapter 2 THE TOXICITY OF THE NOVEL PSYCHOACTIVE Chapter 3 Post-Mortem Gastric Content Analysis: Role in Determining Time Since Death Chapter 4 CONDUCTED ENERGY DEVICES Chapter 5 Autoerotic Deaths Chapter 6 Excited Delirium Syndrome: Aetiology, Identification and Treatment Chapter 7 AUTOMATISM - WADING THROUGH THE QUAGMIRE Chapter 8 Classification of personality disorders, clinical manifestations and treatment Chapter 9 DRIVING IMPAIRMENT: THE MAIN RISK FACTORS Chapter 10 Risk Factors for Death or Harm to Health for Detainees in Short-Term Police Custody Chapter 11 THE UTILITY OF RADIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECTED ABUSIVE HEAD TRAUMA IN CHILDREN Chapter 12 Child maltreatment: detection and diagnosis Chapter 13 BODY RECOVERY IN POTENTIAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY INVESTIGATIONS A FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL APPROACH Chapter 14 FIELD MISSIONS Index