Textbook of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology: Principles & Practice
- 6th Edition - June 13, 2014
- Latest edition
- Author: Krishan Vij
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 3 7 8 5 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 8 1 - 3 1 2 - 3 8 5 9 - 2
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Keeping the academically strong content and much appreciated way of imparting information intact, this edition has been revamped and revised to update the topics and information.
• Revamped and revised edition carrying the latest information.
• Radical changes have been made in the chapters carrying extreme medicolegal significance in the prevailing scenario, namely—Asphyxial Deaths (especially the herculean issue of hanging vs. strangulation); Medicolegal Examination of the Living (with eloquent analysis of the latest anti-rape law); Medicolegal Implications of Injuries (especially clarifying the concept of endangering life/dangerous to life); Firearm Injures; Medical Negligence through latest case-law, etc.
• Relevant cases have been instilled to illustrate medicolegal principles encountered during day-to-day problems.
• Highly illustrated text with new photographs, line drawings, flowcharts, and tables for easy understanding and presentation.
• Reflects author’s experience of more than three decades and the knowledge gathered from extensive reading, interactions, deliberations, etc.
• Online access to MCQs with this editiion.
Section 1: Forensic Medicine
PART I: Of the Basics
1. Introduction to Forensic Medicine and Indian Legal System
2. Medicolegal Autopsy, Exhumation, Obscure Autopsy, Anaphylactic Deaths and Artefacts
3. Identification
PART II: Of the Dying and the Death
4. Death and Its Medicolegal Aspects (Forensic Thanatology)
5. Sudden and Unexpected Death
6. Asphyxial Deaths
7. Infanticide and Foeticide
8. Thermal Deaths
9. Starvation and Neglect
10. Death by Electrocution
11. Deaths Associated with Surgery, Anaesthesia and Blood Transfusion
12. Custody Related Torture and/or Death
PART III: Of the Injured and the Injuries
13. Injuries: Medicolegal Considerations and Types
14. Injuries by Blunt Force
15. Injuries by Sharp Force
16. Injuries by Firearms
17. Injuries by Explosives
18. Regional Injuries
19. Transportation Injuries
PART IV: Clinical Forensic Medicine
20. Medicolegal Examination of the Living
21. Complications of Trauma: Was Wounding Responsible for Death?
PART V: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medical Practice
22. Medical Education vis-à-vis Medical Practice
23. Medical Negligence
24. Consent to and Refusal of Treatment
25. Abortion and Delivery
26. Impotence, Sterility, Sterilisation and Artificial Insemination
27. Nullity of Marriage, Divorce and Legitimacy
28. Forensic Psychiatry
Section 2: Forensic Toxicology
29. Intricacies of Forensic Toxicology
30. Duties of a Doctor in Cases of Suspected Poisoning
31. Corrosive Poisons
32. Nonmetallic and Metallic Irritants
33. Irritants of Plant Origin
34. Irritants of Animal Origin
35. Somniferous Group
36. Alcohol and Alcoholism
37. Non-narcotic Drug Abuse
38. Deliriant Poisons
39. Spinal Poisons
40. Cardiac Poisons
41. Agro-chemical Poisoning
42. Fumigants
43. Asphyxiants
44. Hydrocarbons—Petroleum Distillates
45. Food Poisoning
Annexures
Annexure 1: Proforma for Age Certification
Annexure 2: Proforma for Medicolegal Examination of Injuries
Annexure 3(a): Penal Provisions Applicable to Medical Persons
Annexure 3(b): Penal Provisions Affording Protection to Medical Persons
Annexure 4: Standard Weights/Measures/Dimensions of Organs/Tissues
- Edition: 6
- Latest edition
- Published: June 13, 2014
- Language: English