Abstract:
The 14th edition of Simpson's Forensic Medicine continues to provide a comprehensive overview of forensic medicine, with updates on contemporary practices, new case studies, and expanded sections on injury analysis, toxicology, and legal medicine. This authoritative text is a vital resource for medical professionals and forensic practitioners.
Description:
xx, 302 pages: illustrations (some color); 26 cm. || Includes bibliographical references and index. || Preceded by Simpson's forensic medicine / Jason Payne-James ... [et al.]. 13th ed. c2011. || CONTENTS: Principles of forensic practice -- The ethics of medical practice -- Medicolegal aspects of death -- Violence in society, medicolegal investigation of death, the autopsy -- The appearance of the body after death -- Death from natural causes -- Deaths and injury in infancy -- Assessment, classification and documentation of injury -- Ballistic injuries -- Regional injuries and patterns of injury -- Pressure to the neck & asphyxial deaths -- Heat, cold & electrical trauma -- Immersion and drowning -- Identification of the living and the dead -- Restraint and control techniques -- Police custodial healthcare -- Sexual assault and genitoanal injury -- Safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults -- Transportation medicine -- Torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment -- Principles of forensic science and crime scene investigation -- Principles of toxicology -- Alcohol (ethanol) -- Licit and illicit drugs -- Medicinal poisons and miscellaneous poisons.
