Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation
Role of Consultants
- 1st Edition - July 2, 2018
- Latest edition
- Editors: Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, Christopher B. Rogers
- Language: English
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/… Read more
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
Forensic Pathologists, Coroners, Medical Examiners, Anatomic pathologists, Clinical pathologists, Residents and Fellows in training, Law enforcement, Attorneys and clinical physicians in practice. Undergraduate and graduate students in Forensic Science programs, Law Enforcement training programs for peace officers
Introduction
Dedication
- Role of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Consultant
- Pediatric Consultation: Value of a Clinical Perspective
- Role of the Consultant in Forensic Radiology
- The Role of Virtual Autopsy and Use of a CT Scanner in Medico-Legal Death Investigations
- Anesthesiology Consults at the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office
- Coroner’s Surgical Consultation: Q rdr H TO
- Psychological Autopsy: Consultative Tool for Suicide Determination
- Role of the Cardiac Pathologist in Evaluating Sudden Natural Deaths
- Role of the Forensic Odontologist in a Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office
- Forensic Anthropology
- The Value of Eye Pathology Consults in Pediatric Medico-Legal Death Investigation
- Firearms—Special Topics
- The Medical Examiner-Coroner and the Firearms Examiner
- Envenomations
- High Profile Cases—the Los Angeles Experience
- Quality Assurance and Peer Review
- Quality Assurance in the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office
- Business Continuity Planning for the Medical Examiner
Noel G. Boyle, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, FRCPI, FRCP
Christopher Rogers, M.D., M.B.A.
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D., FRCP(C), FACP, FCAP
Carol Berkowitz, M.D., FAAP
Donald Boger, M.D.
Odey Ukpo, M.D., M.S.
Odey Ukpo, M.D., M.S.
Donald Boger, M.D.
Selma Harrison Calmes, M.D.
Denis Astarita, M.D., FACS
Linda E. Weinberger, Ph.D.
Timothy Botello, M.D., M.P.H.
Bruce H. Gross, Ph.D., J.D., M.B.A
Michael C. Fishbein, M.D.
Gregory Fishbein, M.D.
Julie Huss-Bawab, M.D.
Karen DePaoli, D.D.S.
Cathy Law, D.D.S., ABFO
Stephen M. Lojeski, D.D.S., ABFO
Elizabeth Miller, Ph.D.
James Ribe, M.D., J.D.
Mark A. Fajardo, M.D.
James Carroll, M.S.
Lisa Scheinin, M.D.
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D., FRCP (C), FACP, FCAP
Christopher Rogers, M.D.
Craig Harvey B.S., F-ABMDI
Edward Winter, B.A.
William Anderson, M.D.
Thomas Noguchi, M.D.
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D., FRCP(C), FACP, FCAP
Christopher Rogers, M.D., M.B.A.
Christopher Rogers, M.D., M.B.A.
Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, M.D., FRCP(C), FACP, FCAP
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 2, 2018
- Language: English
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