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Zusatztext About the first edition:"The range of conditions described emphasizes the massive combined experience of these authors! and the objective style of the text makes this an extremely valuable reference for every forensic pathologist and an excellent teaching medium for those who are working for their boards or other qualifications."- Journal of the Forensic Science Society Klappentext Medicolegal investigation of death is the most crucial and significant function of the medical examiner within the criminal justice system. The medical examiner is primarily concerned with violent, sudden, unexpected, and suspicious deaths and is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death, identifying the deceased, determining the approximate time of death and injury, collecting evidence from the body, issuing the death certificate, and documenting these events through an official autopsy report. The basis of the medicolegal investigation is forensic pathology. Written for both medical and investigative professionals, Forensic Pathology, Second Edition presents an overview of medicolegal investigative systems. Completely updated, the book examines investigative techniques and procedures that lead to obtaining accurate conclusions of death by homicide, accident, or suicide. Zusammenfassung Medicolegal investigation of death is the most crucial and significant function of the medical examiner within the criminal justice system. The medical examiner is primarily concerned with violent, sudden, unexpected, and suspicious deaths and is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death, identifying the deceased, determining the approximate time of death and injury, collecting evidence from the body, issuing the death certificate, and documenting these events through an official autopsy report. The basis of the medicolegal investigation is forensic pathology.Written for both medical and investigative professionals, Forensic Pathology, Second Edition presents an overview of medicolegal investigative systems. Completely updated, the book examines investigative techniques and procedures that lead to obtaining accurate conclusions of death by homicide, accident, or suicide. Inhaltsverzeichnis Medicolegal Investigative SystemsTime of DeathDeaths Due to Natural DiseaseWounds Due to Blunt TraumaBlunt Trauma Injuries of the Trunk and ExtremitiesTrauma to the Skull and Brain: Craniocerebral InjuriesWounds Due to Pointed and Sharp! Edged WeaponsAsphyxiaDeaths Due to Motor VehiclesAirplane CrashesSudden Infant Death SyndromeNeonaticide! Infantcide! and Child HomicideDeaths Due to FireCarbon Monoxide PoisoningDrowningElectrocutionThe Effects of Heat & Cold: Hyperthermia & HypthermiaRapeEmboli Eue to Gas! Fat! and Amniotic FluidTopics in Forensic PathologyDeaths in Nursing HomesSudden Death During or Immediately After a Violent StruggleInterpretative Toxicology: Drug Abuse and Drug Deaths ...
