Mason's Forensic Medicine for Lawyers

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Description
Mason's Forensic Medicine for Lawyers, Sixth Edition is an essential and accessible introductory guide to forensic medicine for legal practitioners. Designed also to guide medical experts through the various UK legal and court systems, it deals with definitions of offences, the investigation of sudden deaths and the key duties of the expert who gives evidence in court.
The sixth edition includes:
• An introduction to relevant clinical terms, the systems of the body and autopsy procedure
• Chapters on the main areas of forensic medicine including injuries from assaults, firearms, asphyxia, water and fire
• Specialist chapters on non-accidental injury to children, sexual offences, odontology, toxicology and the care of detainees
• All the relevant statutory and common law offences
• The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 in conjunction with the relevant Rules and Guidance
• The Criminal and Civil Procedure Rules and relevant case law on the role and duties of experts
• Primary and secondary legislation relating to care of detainees and investigation of deaths
   in custody (eg Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984)
Completely revised, this new edition is written from the viewpoint of the legal practitioner and medical expert witness.To this end it provides practical guidance, including diagrams on new developments and problem areas in forensic medicine. It also offers suggestions for further reading which will enable the practitioner to understand expert reports as well as identify potential areas where further expertise is necessary.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to human anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 2 An Introduction to Clinical Medicine and Clinical Investigation
Chapter 3 The Autopsy Procedure
Chapter 4 Medical Aspects of Death
Chapter 5 Coroner's Courts and Fatal Accident Inquiries
Chapter 6 Sudden Natural Death
Chapter 7 Wounding : Injuries and their Interpretation
Chapter 8 Ballistics: Injury and Death Due to Firearms
Chapter 9 Head Injury and other Brain Pathology
Chapter 10 Major Blunt Impact Trauma: Road Traffic Collisions and Falls
Chapter 11 Asphyxia, Pressure to the Neck and Similar Entities
Chapter 12 Drowning and Hypothermia
Chapter 13 Heat, Fire and Electricity
Chapter 14 Child Injuries and Deaths
Chapter 15 Sexual Assaults
Chapter 16 Forensic odontology
Chapter 17 Forensic Toxicology
Chapter 18 Care of Detainess
Chapter 19 Deaths in State Settings
Chapter 20 Criminal Justice in the United Kingdom
Chapter 21 Role and Duties of the Expert
Appendix A A Guide to Medical Terminology
Appendix B Table of Multiple, and Fractions, of Units
Appendix C Medical and Dental Qualifications in the United Kingdom
Index
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