Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology: Principles & Practice
- 5th Edition - February 10, 2014
- Latest edition
- Author: Krishan Vij
- Language: English
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Key features
Key features
- 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.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1 - Forensic Medicine
PART I: Of the Basics
Chapter 1
Introduction to Forensic Medicine and Indian Legal System 3Chapter 2 Medicolegal Autopsy, Exhumation, Obscure Autopsy, Anaphylactic Deaths and Artefacts 17
Chapter 3
Identification 35PART II: Of the Dying and the DeathChapter 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 146Chapter 8
Thermal Deaths 159Chapter 9
Starvation and Neglect 173Chapter 10
Death by Electrocution 175Chapter 11
Deaths Associated with Surgery, Anaesthesia and Blood Transfusion 183Chapter 12
Custody Related Torture and/or Death 191PART III: Of the Injured and the Injuries
Chapter 13 Injuries: Medicolegal Considerations and Types 197
Chapter 14
Injuries by Blunt Force 213Chapter 15
Injuries by Sharp Force 225Chapter 16
Injuries by Firearms 234Chapter 17
Injuries by Explosives 266Chapter 18
Regional Injuries 270Chapter 19
Transportation Injuries 296PART 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 346Chapter 23
Medical Negligence 361Chapter 24
Consent to and Refusal of Treatment 370Chapter 25
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Medical, Social, Ethical and Legal Implications 376Chapter 26
Abortion and Delivery 380Chapter 27
Impotence, Sterility, Sterilisation and Artificial Insemination 393Chapter 28
Nullity of Marriage, Divorce and Legitimacy 400Chapter 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 506Chapter 40
Deliriant Poisons 518Chapter 41
Spinal Poisons 521Chapter 42
Cardiac Poisons 525Chapter 43
Agro-Chemical Poisoning 531Chapter 44
Fumigants 541Chapter 45
Asphyxiants 546Chapter 46
Poisoning in Conflict: Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents 552Chapter 47
Hydrocarbons—Petroleum Distillates 558Chapter 48
Food Poisoning and Essential Metals’ Toxicity 562
Annexures
Annexure 1
Scientific Aids to Investigative Techniques 571Annexure 2
Proforma for Age Certification 573Annexure 3
Proforma for Medicolegal Examination of Injuries 575Annexure 4
Proforma for Examination of a Victim of Sexual Assault 577Annexure 5
Proforma for Examination of an Accused of Sexual Offence 579Annexure 6
Issuing/Supplying Copies of Injury and/or Postmortem Reports (MLR and/or PMR) 581Annexure 7a
Penal Provisions Applicable to Medical Persons 582Annexure 7b
Penal Provisions Affording Protection to Medical Persons 583Annexure 8
Standard Weights/Measures/Dimensions of Organs/Tissues 584
Index
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- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: February 10, 2014
- Language: English