Main description:

This book is the second volume in the Recent Advances in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology series. Volume One (9789351525585) published in 2014.

Divided into five sections, the text provides specialists and trainees with the very latest advances and information in their field.

The book begins with discussion on medical jurisprudence and legal issues covering issues such as medical negligence and medical evidence in victim examination.

The next chapters cover clinical forensic medicine describing specific cases, and forensic pathology explaining autopsy for different scenarios.

New to this volume, are two final sections which discuss advances in forensic anthropology, examination of skeletal remains, and controversies in forensic testing and investigations.

Key points

New volume presenting latest advances and information in forensic medicine and toxicology
Covers medical jurisprudence, clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology
Volume Two features two new sections on forensic anthropology and forensic science
Highly illustrated with forensic photographs, diagrams, tables and boxes

Contents:

SECTION 1: MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL ISSUES

Medical Negligence and Medical Law
Medical Evidence in Examination of Rape/Sexual Assault Survivor
Critical Appraisal of the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act
Legal and Ethical Issues in Oocyte Cryopreservation
Moment of Death
Concept of Dying Declaration in India
Unclaimed Bodies-Legal, Ethical, and Humanitarian Issues

SECTION 2: CLINICAL FORENSIC MEDICINE

Assessment and Documentation of Injuries
An Approach to Examination of a Case of Erectile Dysfunctio
An Approach to a Case of Ocular Trauma
An Introduction to Bite Mark Documentation and Analysis
Legal Aspects and Examination of a Torture Survivor

SECTION 3: FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

The Neuropathological and Clinical Features of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
An Introduction to Digital Autopsy
Pathophysiology of Maternal Deaths
Recent Advances in the Autopsy Diagnosis of Drowning
Autopsy in Perinatal Deaths and its Medicolegal Implications
Autopsy in Suspected Pediatric Non-Accidental Head Injuries
Autopsy in Cases of Torture and Custodial Deaths
Checklist in Medicolegal Practice

SECTION 4: FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

Examination of Skeletal Remains
The Practical Application of Forensic Anthropology

SECTION 5: FORENSIC SCIENCE

Controversies in Forensic Tests, Investigations and Expertise

Index