Forensic pathology /
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 d...
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| Language: | English |
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
[2001]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
| Series: | CRC series in practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations.
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Table of Contents:
- Medicolegal investigative systems
- Time of death
- Deaths due to natural disease
- Blunt trauma wounds
- Blunt trauma injuries of the trunk and extremities
- Trauma to the skull and brain : craniocerebral injuries
- Wounds caused by pointed and sharp-edged weapons
- Asphyxia
- Deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents
- Airplane crashes
- Sudden infant death syndrome
- Neonaticide, infanticide, and child homicide
- Fire deaths
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Death by drowning
- Electrocution
- Hyperthermia and hypothermia : the effects of heat and cold
- Rape
- Emboli
- Topics in forensic pathology
- Nursing home deaths
- Sudden death during or immediately after a violent struggle
- Interpretive toxicology : drug abuse and drug deaths