Forensic Medicine Fundamentals and Perspectives

This book presents the latest developments in the field of forensic pathology/forensic medicine, including important advances in forensic histopathology, forensic radiology, medical malpractice, understanding of child abuse, and forensic toxicology. Various forms of trauma are addressed in individua...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dettmeyer, Reinhard B., Verhoff, Marcel A. (Author), Schütz, Harald F. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Forensic Thanatology
  • Post mortem examination
  • Forensic autopsy
  • Forensic traumatology
  • Vital reactions
  • Blunt trauma
  • Sharp force
  • Gunshot wounds
  • Violence against the neck
  • Suffocation
  • Thermic injuries – Burns, Scalds, Hypothermia
  • Electricity, Lightning, Gases
  • Immersion deaths
  • Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • Special natural, unnatural and unclear deaths
  • Child abuse
  • Sexual child abuse
  • Fatal child abuse
  • Traffic Medicine
  • Forensic Alcohology
  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Forensic DNA-Analyses
  • Forensic Osteology
  • Identification of human remains
  • Forensic Radiology
  • Medical malpractice
  • International Regulations