Forensic Medicine for Lawyers

Introduction. Some aspects of applied anatomy and physiology. Comparative medico-legal systems. Identification of the dead and of remains. Post-mortem changes and the timing of death. Legal disposal of the dead. The spread of communicable disease: some aspects of public health. Sudden natural death. Wounding. Injury and death due to firearms and explosives. Accidental injury and death due to acceleration and deceleration. Head injury. Transplantation of organs. Asphyxia. Fire, water, heat, cold and neglect. Industrial injury and disease. Medical-legal aspects of sport. Medico-legal aspects of marriage and pregnancy. Elementary genetics and testing for parentage. Unnatural death of the foetus and the new-born: abortion, child destruction and infanticide or child murder. Injury and death in infancy and childhood. Sexual Offences. Poisons and poisoning. The law relating to drugs and poisons. Drug addiction. Medico-legal aspects of alcohol. Forensic toxicology. Radiology in forensic medicine. An introduction to forensic psychiatry. Forensic ondontology. Legal aspects of medical practice. Death associated with medical and surgical care. Appendices. Index.