Gall / Payne-James Current Practice in Forensic Medicine

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-119-95650-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten, E-Book

Although forensic medicine has been in existence for centuries inone guise or another, it is only with the recent growth ininternational research that it has begun to be acknowledged as aspecific discipline in its own right. Many areas of progress arebeing made and this text aims to provide a unique, in-depth andcritical update on selected topics that are of direct relevance tothose practicing in the field including lawyers, police, medicaland dental practitioners, forensic scientists andpostgraduate/undergraduate medical students and undergraduate lawstudents preparing for forensic medicine examinations.
This volume is designed to cover the wider aspects of forensicmedicine, including the law, science, medicine (forensic pathology,clinical forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry) and dentistry.Topics covered include subjects of debate and/or uncertainty inareas where significant advances have been made and in those ofcurrent relevance to the forensic profession, Chapters provide avariety of approaches to the areas under discussion with reviews ofcurrent knowledge, information on significant changes and pointersto the future that the reader should be aware of.
Features:
* An authoritative review, for forensic medicine practitionersthroughout the world, from leading international experts in thefield.
* Provides critical commentary and updates on currentpractice.
* Topics include: a guide to the presentation of forensic medicalevidence, bioterrorism, the paediatric hymen, assessment andinterpretation of bone trauma in children, adult sexual assault,genital photography, forensic photography, common errors in injuryinterpretation, self-inflicted injuries and associatedpsychological profiles, bite marks and the role of the pathologistin aviation disasters.
* Includes a wealth of four colour figures to illustrate keypoints discussed within the text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gall, John A. M.

Payne-James, Jason

Über Autor(innen)

John Gall is a forensic physician in private practice,Director of Southern Medical Services, Principal of Era Health andis a staff specialist Forensic Physician in the VictorianPaediatric Forensic Medical Service, located at the RoyalChildren's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne. He is amember of the International Editorial Board of the Journal ofLegal and Forensic Medicine and Internet Journal of ForensicMedicine and Toxicology. He has published widely in the fieldof clinical forensic medicine and has spent many years teachingforensic medicine to undergraduates and graduates.
JASON PAYNE-JAMES is a forensic physician. He is HonorarySenior Lecturer, Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences, Barts & theLondon School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of London,UK. He is Director of Forensic Healthcare Services Ltd. He isexternal Consultant to the National Policing Improvement Agency andto the National Injuries Database in the UK. He is Editor-in-Chiefof the Journal of Forensic & Legal Medicine. He haspublished widely in the field of clinical forensic medicine. He hasalso co-edited, co-authored and contributed to numerous books inthe field including Black, Aggrawal and Payne-James: 'AgeEstimation in the Living' 2010 (Wiley Blackwell).