Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology: Principles & Practice - e-book

by Krishan Vij

Overview

• Thoroughly revamped and revised edition carrying precise information in a concise manner.
• Radical changes have been effected in the chapters Death and Its Medicolegal Aspects: Forensic Thanatology; Sudden and Unexpected Deaths; Asphyxial Deaths; Deaths Associated with Surgery, Anaesthesia and Blood Transfusion; Custody Related Torture and/or Death; Medicolegal Examination of the Living; Injuries by Firearms; Complications of Trauma: Was Wounding Responsible for Death?; Consent to and Refusal of Treatment; Medical Negligence; and Intricacies of Forensic Toxicology.
• Enriched with photographs, drawings, sketches, flowcharts, and tables for easy and catchy understanding.
• Old cases have been replaced with new ones, making way for the readers to appreciate medicolegal implications.
• Reflects author’s personal experience of about three decades and the knowledge gathered from extensive reading, interactions, deliberations, etc. at various platforms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788131236239
Publisher:	Elsevier India
Publication date:	09/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	612
File size:	13 MB
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Table of Contents

Section 1 - Forensic Medicine PART I: Of the Basics Chapter 1 Introduction to Forensic Medicine and Indian Legal System 3 Chapter 2 Medicolegal Autopsy, Exhumation, Obscure Autopsy, Anaphylactic Deaths and Artefacts 17 Chapter 3 Identification 35PART II: Of the Dying and the Death Chapter 4 Death and Its Medicolegal Aspects (Forensic Thanatology) 74 Chapter 5 Sudden and Unexpected Death 100 Chapter 6 Asphyxial Deaths 110 Chapter 7 Infanticide and Foeticide 146 Chapter 8 Thermal Deaths 159 Chapter 9 Starvation and Neglect 173 Chapter 10 Death by Electrocution 175 Chapter 11 Deaths Associated with Surgery, Anaesthesia and Blood Transfusion 183 Chapter 12 Custody Related Torture and/or Death 191 PART III: Of the Injured and the Injuries Chapter 13 Injuries: Medicolegal Considerations and Types 197 Chapter 14 Injuries by Blunt Force 213 Chapter 15 Injuries by Sharp Force 225 Chapter 16 Injuries by Firearms 234 Chapter 17 Injuries by Explosives 266 Chapter 18 Regional Injuries 270 Chapter 19 Transportation Injuries 296 PART IV: Clinical Forensic Medicine Chapter 20 Medicolegal Examination of the Living 304 Chapter 21 Complications of Trauma: Was Wounding Responsible for Death? 335 PART V: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medical Practice Chapter 22 Medical Education vis-à-vis Medical Practice 346 Chapter 23 Medical Negligence 361 Chapter 24 Consent to and Refusal of Treatment 370 Chapter 25 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Medical, Social, Ethical and Legal Implications 376 Chapter 26 Abortion and Delivery 380 Chapter 27 Impotence, Sterility, Sterilisation and Artificial Insemination 393 Chapter 28 Nullity of Marriage, Divorce and Legitimacy 400 Chapter 29 Forensic Psychiatry 405 Section 2 - Forensic Toxicology Chapter 30 Basic Considerations in Drugs/Chemicals 429 Chapter 31 Intricacies of Forensic Toxicology 438 Chapter 32 Duties of a Doctor in Cases of Suspected Poisoning 448 Chapter 33 Corrosive Poisons 454 Chapter 34 Nonmetallic and Metallic Irritants 463 Chapter 35 Irritants of Plant Origin 476 Chapter 36 Irritants of Animal Origin 481 Chapter 37 Somniferous Group 489 Chapter 38 Alcohol and Alcoholism 495 Chapter 39 Non-narcotic Drug Abuse 506 Chapter 40 Deliriant Poisons 518 Chapter 41 Spinal Poisons 521 Chapter 42 Cardiac Poisons 525 Chapter 43 Agro-Chemical Poisoning 531 Chapter 44 Fumigants 541 Chapter 45 Asphyxiants 546 Chapter 46 Poisoning in Conflict: Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents 552 Chapter 47 Hydrocarbons—Petroleum Distillates 558 Chapter 48 Food Poisoning and Essential Metals' Toxicity 562 Annexures Annexure 1 Scientific Aids to Investigative Techniques 571 Annexure 2 Proforma for Age Certification 573 Annexure 3 Proforma for Medicolegal Examination of Injuries 575 Annexure 4 Proforma for Examination of a Victim of Sexual Assault 577 Annexure 5 Proforma for Examination of an Accused of Sexual Offence 579 Annexure 6 Issuing/Supplying Copies of Injury and/or Postmortem Reports (MLR and/or PMR) 581 Annexure 7a Penal Provisions Applicable to Medical Persons 582 Annexure 7b Penal Provisions Affording Protection to Medical Persons 583 Annexure 8 Standard Weights/Measures/Dimensions of Organs/Tissues 584 Index 585