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Informationen zum Autor Dr John Gall is a consultant forensic physician. He is Director of Southern Medical Services Pty Ltd; Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne; Consultant at the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service at the Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre; President of the World Police Medical Officers; and Vice-President of the Australasian Association of Forensic Physicians. Jason Payne-James is a Consultant Forensic Physician & Specialist in Forensic & Legal Medicine. He is Honorary Consultant at the Paediatric & Emergency Medicine at St George's Hospital, London; Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts and the London SMD; President at the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine (Royal College of Physicians); and Director of Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd. Klappentext Forensic medicine is a broad and evolving field with areas of rapid progress embracing both clinical and pathological aspects of practice, in which there may be considerable overlap. This is the second volume in a series that provides a unique, in-depth and critical update on selected topics of direct relevance to those practising in the field of clinical forensic medicine and related areas including lawyers, police, medical practitioners, forensic scientists, and students.The chapters endeavour to maintain a relevance to an international, multi-professional audience and include chapters on:* DNA decontamination,* The toxicity of novel psychoactive substances,* The relevance of gastric contents in the timing of death,* The effects of controlled energy devices,* The main risk factors for driving impairment,* The risk factors for harm to health of detainees in short-term custody,* Autoerotic deaths,* Child maltreatment and neglect, and* The investigation of potential non-accidental head injury in children.Also included are chapters on excited delirium syndrome, automatism and personality disorders. Two topics not generally covered in standard clinical forensic medical textbooks include a forensic anthropological approach to body recovery in potential crimes against humanity and risk management and security issues for the forensic practitioner investigating potential crimes against humanity in a foreign country. Zusammenfassung Forensic medicine is a broad and evolving field with areas of rapid progress embracing both clinical and pathological aspects of practice, in which there may be considerable overlap. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors ix Preface xix Chapter One: DNA contamination - a pragmatic clinical view 1 Contamination considerations 1 DNA profiling 6 DNA deposits 10 Decontamination 11 General approach to DNA decontamination 20 Contamination 20 Cleaning and the DNA laboratory 22 Cleaning and decontamination of forensic examination suites - the way forward 26 References 31 Chapter Two: The toxicity of the novel psychoactive substances 35 Introduction 35 Acute toxicity 35 Chronic toxicity 40 Deaths 41 References 44 Chapter Three: Postmortem gastric content analysis: its role in determining time since death 47 Introduction 47 The physiology of gastric emptying 48 Gastric motility and emptying 49 Methods for measuring gastric emptying 52 Experimental studies 52 Factors affecting gastric emptying (in adults) 53 Analysis of gastric contents 56 Usefulness of gastric contents in time of death estimations 61 Conclusion 62 Acknowledgments 63 References 63 Chapter Four: Conducted energy devices 67 Overview 67 What are conducted energy devices? 67 Modes of use of the TASER ® X26, TASER ® X26P and TASER ® X2 68 ...
