Simpsons Forensic Medicine remains the foremost introductory text for the student and generalist alike, providing a firm foundation for all those requiring accurate and clear information.
Features
Clear concise and comprehensive text illustrated with high quality colour photographs throughout
Discusses increasingly relevant ethical questions for doctors relating to abuse of human rights and malpractice
Universal applicability avoiding national legal variability
Contents
The Doctor and the Law * The Ethics of Medical Practice * Medical Malpractice * The Medico-legal Aspects of Mental Disease * The Medical Aspects of Death * Changes after Death * Identification of the Living and the Dead * Blood Stains * The Examination of Wounds * Regional Injuries * Firearm and Explosive Injuries * Transportation Injuries ^ Asphyxia * Immersion and Drowning * Injury due to Heat Cold and Electricity * Effects of Injuries * Unexpected and Sudden Death from Natural Causes * Sexual Offences * Pregnancy and Abortion * Deaths and Injury in Infancy * Neglect Starvation and Abuse of Human Rights * General Aspects of Poisoning * Alcohol * Drugs of Dependence and Abuse * Medicinal Poisons * Corrosive and Metallic Poisons * Agrochemical Poisons * Gaseous Poisons * Miscellaneous Poisons