Forensic Neuropathology

Forensic Neuropathology is written by experts for specialists and trainees alike addresses concerns of the forensic pathologist and neuropathologist by tackling the problems that arise during the post-mortem examination and subsequent legal proceedings.

List of contents

1. Anatomy of the head and neck. 2. Clinical aspects of head injury. 3. Imaging of head trauma. 4. Biomechanics of primary traumatic head injury. 5. Techniques. 6. Scalp, facial and gunshot injuries. 7. Adult skull fractures. 8. Intracranial haematomas - Extradural and subdural. 9. Subarachnoid haemorrhage and cerebrovascular traumatic pathology. 10. Contusional brain injury and intracerebral haemorrhage - Traumatic and non-traumatic. 11. Traumatic axonal injury. 12. Brain swelling, raised intracranial pressure and hypoxia-related brain injury. 13. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. 14. Contact sport and blast-related neuropathology. 15. Head injury in the child. 16. Spinal injuries. 17. Difficult areas in forensic pathology: Homicide, suicide or accident. 18. Non-traumatic neurological conditions in medico-legal work. 19. Alcohol, drugs, toxins and post-mortem toxicology. 20. The role of the expert witness.

About the author

Helen Whitwell, Formerly Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Sheffield; and Neuropathologist, West Midlands, UK
Christopher Milroy, Forensic Pathologist and Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Ottawa, Canada
Daniel du Plessis, Consultant Neuropathologist, Neuropathology Unit, Department of Cellular Pathology; and Greater Manchester Clinical Neurosciences Centre, Salford Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

Summary

Forensic Neuropathology is written by experts for specialists and trainees alike addresses concerns of the forensic pathologist and neuropathologist by tackling the problems that arise during the post-mortem examination and subsequent legal proceedings.

Product details

• Authors: Helen (University of Sheffield) Milroy Whitwell
• Assisted by: Daniel du Plessis (Editor), Christopher Milroy (Editor), Helen Whitwell (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2021
• EAN: 9781498706162
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-0616-2
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; Medicine: general issues, MEDICAL / General, LAW / Forensic Science, MEDICAL / Pathology, Pathology, MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Forensic Science, Biology, life sciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology