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Forensic Medicine & Toxicology Practical Manual, 1st Edition

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  • Latest edition
  • Author: Shankar M Bakkannavar
  • Language: English

This Practical manual is designed to address the need of the undergraduate medical students to help them to face the practical examination with ease. This prepares the students ad… Read more

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This Practical manual is designed to address the need of the undergraduate medical students to help them to face the practical examination with ease. This prepares the students adequately in practical aspects.

Salient features:

  • Contains both practical and viva sections
  • Practical section contains exercises as well as Objective Structured Practical Examination questions
  • Each practical is supported by specific objectives, inference and opinions
  • Each practical is followed by practice exercise
  • Helps the students to learn practicals by themselves
  • Each practical contains a video link which students can download and get a classroom experience while preparing
  • Viva section contains most frequently asked must know and nice to know questions during practical examinations

    • Key features

    • Contains both practical and viva sections
    • Practical section contains exercises as well as Objective Structured Practical Examination questions
    • Each practical is supported by specific objectives, inference and opinions
    • Each practical is followed by practice exercise
    • Helps the students to learn practicals by themselves
    • Each practical contains a video link which students can download and get a classroom experience while preparing

    Table of contents

    Section A: Practicals
    PART 1: Exercises

    1. Age estimation from X-rays
    Procedure of Estimation of age by X-rays
    Estimation of age by X-ray of shoulder joint
    Estimation of age by X-ray of elbow joint
    Estimation of age by X-ray of wrist joint
    Estimation of age by X-ray of hip joint
    Estimation of age by X-ray of knee joint
    Estimation of age by X-ray of ankle joint

    2. Sex determination by bones
    Determination of sex by skull bone
    Determination of sex by mandible
    Determination of sex by hip bone
    Determination of sex by sacrum
    Determination of sex by femur
    Determination of sex by pelvis

    3. Age estimation by dentition
    Estimation of age by dentition (Orthopantomogram)

    4. Medical certifi cates/documents/intimation letters
    Procedure of issuing medical certificates

    5. Medical certification of cause of death (MCCD)
    Procedure to be followed while issuing MCCD

    6. Consent in medical practice
    Procedure to be followed while obtaining consent

    7. Injury certificate
    Procedure of issuing Injury certificate

    8. Post-mortem summary
    How to analyse postmortem summary?

    9. Examination of victim of sexual assault
    Procedure of examination of victim of sexual assault

    10. Examination of accused of sexual assault
    Procedure of examination of accused of sexual assault

    11. Examination of a case of drunkenness
    Procedure of examination of drunkenness case

    12. Viscera preservation and packing
    Procedure of Viscera packing
    PART 2: Spotters (OSPE)

    13. Post-mortem instruments
    How to identify, infer and answer spotters

    14. Weapon examination
    Procedure of weapon examination

    15. Soft specimen examination
    Procedure of examination of soft specimens

    16. Interpretation of photographs
    How to interpret findings in the given photographs

    17. Histopathology specimens
    Interpretation of findings in the photographs

    18. Toxicological appliances
    Examination of toxicological appliances

    19. Toxicological specimens
    Identifying, inferring and answering pertinent questions of toxicological specimens
    Section B: Viva
    PART 1: Forensic Pathology

    20. Medico-legal autopsy

    21. Thanatology

    22. Identification

    23. Asphyxia

    24. Infant deaths
    PART 2: Clinical Forensic Medicine

    25. Mechanical injuries

    26. Regional injuries

    27. Firearm injuries

    28. Road traffic accidents and medico legal importance of injuries

    29. Thermal injuries

    30. Forensic psychiatry

    31. Sexual offences
    PART 3: Medical Ethics & Law

    32. Legal procedure

    33. Medical ethics and professionalism
    PART 4: Toxicology

    34. General principles of toxicology

    35. Corrosives and insecticides

    36. Irritants

    37. CNS poisons

    38. Cardiac poisons

    39. Asphyxiants

    Product details

    • Edition: 1
    • Latest edition
    • Published: December 30, 2017
    • Language: English