Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation: Role of Consultants

by FRCP(C) Sathyavagiswaran MD (Editor), MBA Rogers MD (Editor)

Overview

Multidisciplinary Medico-legal Death Investigation: Role of Consultants is the only book in the field that focuses on the role consultants have in medical examiner/coroner offices. The book provides a multidisciplinary view on the topic by including specialized fields, such as anesthesiology, surgery, radiology, including CT scan, pediatrics, cardiology-electrophysiology, cardiac pathology, forensic anthropology and odontology, firearms examination, firearms, eye pathology and psychiatry/psychology. Coverage also includes chapters on specialized topics, including high profile cases, the media, business continuity planning, envenomations, the importance of quality assurance and peer review, and quality assurance in a medico-legal death investigation office. This one-of-a-kind resource is ideal for those in the medico-legal death investigation field and professionals in the criminal and civil justice system. - Covers many fields, including anesthesiology, surgery, and radiology, including CT scan, pediatrics, cardiology-electrophysiology, cardiac pathology, forensic anthropology and odontology, firearms examination, and more - Includes contributions by world-renowned specialists - Presents comprehensive case studies and examples of consultation reports

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128138199
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	05/31/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	414
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Sathyavagiswaran is a medical graduate from Stanley Medical College, Madras University, India. He is a 30 plus year veteran of the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office, and was appointed as Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner (CME-C) for Los Angeles County on February 18 1992 by the Board of Supervisors, who also appointed him to the position of Director in 2012 and he retired from his position in 2013. He is a Board Certified Physician in several specialties including Anatomic, Clinical & Forensic Pathology, Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is also certified in pathology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. As a peace officer, he holds a specialized law enforcement executive certificate from the Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training, State of California. Dr. Sathyavagiswaran is a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Keck School of Medicine USC and has numerous publications to his credit.
Dr. Christopher Rogers received his MD degree from the University of California, San Diego. He did pathology residency at LAC and USC Medical Center, and forensic pathology fellowship at Los Angeles County Coroner. He is board certified in anatomic and clinical pathology, and in forensic pathology. He has worked at Los Angeles County Coroner since 1988, and has been the chief of forensic medicine since 1992. He was acting chief medical examiner-coroner to Los Angeles County from January 19, 2017, through July 09, 2017. He also holds an MS degree from California Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from California State University in Los Angeles. He has numerous publications to his credit.

Table of Contents

1. Role of the CardiacElectrophysiologist2. Role of the Consultant in Pediatrics3. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Radiology4. Role of the Consultant in Anesthesia5. Role of the Consultant in Surgery6. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Odontology7. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Anthropology8. Role of the Consultant in Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry9. Role of the Cardiac Pathologist in Evaluating Sudden Natural Deaths10. Envenomations and the Forensic Pathologist11. High Profile Cases12. Quality Assurance in a Medical Examiner-Coroner Office13. Business Continuity Planning in a Medical Examiner-Coroner Office14. Firearms - Special Topics15. Virtual Autopsy and CT Scans16. Eye Pathology17. Firearms Examiner18. Quality Assurance and Peer Review

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A comprehensive guide into medico-legal death investigations and the role of consultants in the medical examiners office