Principles of forensic pathology : from investigation to certification /
Principles of Forensic Pathology: From Investigation to Certification offers a conceptual framework and foundational approach to a forensic practice grounded by evidence-based and mechanistic thinking. This book uses a systematic approach to address, explain, and guide the reader through diverse top...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; San Diego, CA :
Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2022]
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| Series: | Concepts in forensic thinking and practice
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Principles of Forensic Pathology: From Investigation to Certification offers a conceptual framework and foundational approach to a forensic practice grounded by evidence-based and mechanistic thinking. This book uses a systematic approach to address, explain, and guide the reader through diverse topics relevant to forensic pathologists and medicolegal death investigators. Nineteen chapters provide a comprehensive overview of the field of forensic pathology and discusses central topics such as scene investigation, the pathophysiology of death, death certification, the forensic autopsy, forensic imaging, pediatric forensic pathology, the importance of context, and approaches to frequently encountered medicolegal death circumstances, with mental checklists and suggestions for a consistent and considered approach. Written by forensic professionals, this book is a practical, yet comprehensive compendium for practicing forensic pathologists, coroners, medicolegal death investigators, forensic pathology fellows, pathology residents, medical students interested in forensic pathology, lawyers, and law enforcement professionals. |
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| Item Description: | 1. Forensic pathology: overview<br>2. Thinking forensically: planning, anticipating, observing, documenting, inquiring, synthesizing, opining, and communicating, in that order<br>3. The pathophysiology of death and death certification<br>4. The scene investigation, postmortem changes, and time of death<br>5. The forensic autopsy<br>6. Approach to forensic perinatal and pediatric pathology<br>7. Approach to natural deaths (adult)<br>8. Approach to medical intervention-related deaths<br>9. Approach to firearms deaths<br>10. Approach to blunt, sharp, and transportation deaths<br>11. Approach to asphyxial deaths<br>12. Approach to burns, blast, and radiation injury<br>13. Approach to environmental deaths<br>14. Approach to toxicological deaths<br>15. Special topics: in-custody deaths, physical altercations, neglect (adult), approach to unexpected hemorrhage, and delayed and concealed homicides<br>16. Communication<br>17. The forensic pathologist's public health role<br>18. Developments in postmortem imaging<br>19. Recent and ongoing technological advancements in forensic pathology practice<br><b>I. Appendices</b><br>Appendix A. Formats of autopsy report final diagnoses<br>Appendix B. Format of the autopsy report<br>Appendix C. Autopsy report templates<br>Appendix D. Library for forensic pathology fellows<br>Appendix E. Hirschisms and Adelsonisms |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 578 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0323986390 9780323986397 |