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List of contents
Pathology and Neuropathology in the Forensic Setting. Scientific Evidence and the Courts. Forensic Aspects of Adult and General Neuropathology. General Forensic Neuropathology of Infants and Children. Forensic Aspects of Intracranial Equilibria. Physical Injury to the Nervous System. Child Abuse: Neuropathology Perspectives. Gunshot, Penetrating, and Blast-Related Injuries to the Nervous System. Forensic Aspects of Complex Neural Functions. Index.
About the author
Jan E. Leestma, MD, MBA, is the lead author of this third edition of Forensic Neuropathology. He received a BA degree in chemistry and biology from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, in 1960 and an MD degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1964. He has had a private consulting practice in forensic neuropathology since the early 1970s that continues to the present time, and he has given expert testimony in more than 40 states, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Leestma is the author of more than 100 professional publications, including numerous book chapters in texts. He is a member of the American Association of Neuropathologists and a fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Summary
A timely update to a classic reference, this volume presents an encyclopedic exposition of neuropathological conditions that may have forensic import. It includes expanded sections on multiple trauma, one punch/one hit arterial injuries, and the physiology of respiratory control. It discusses the effect of Daubert and rela
