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Description
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The present book is a thoroughly revised and updated version of the earlier edition. It is designed to suit an undergraduate student’s need of quick study of the subject while preparing for examinations. The text faithfully follows the curriculum prescribed by the Medical Council of India.
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Key Features
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• Includes contemporary developments like cloning, euthanasia, date rape and drug facilitated sexual assaults.
• Toxicology is discussed as per standard clinical practice.
Chapters on medical negligence include concepts like comparative negligence and post-CPA scenario in medical practice.
• The chapter sequence is designed as per the teaching schedule in medical colleges.
• Incorporates detailed discussion vis- à-vis related legal provision in a systematic manner.
• Text is illustrated with photographs, line drawings, sketches and tables.
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About the Author
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R.K. Sharma, MBBS, MD, FIAMLE, MIMA, MISCEH, Additional Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
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New to edition
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• Chapter, Recent Advances in Crime Detection featuring new concepts like lie detector test, narco-analysis, brain mapping, hypnosis and voice stress test.
• Updation of chapters, Insanity and Forensic Psychiatry and Sexual Offences.
• Thorough revision of topics like collection of samples for DNA fingerprinting in living and dead cases.
• Line diagrams in some chapters and photographs (forensic slides) at the end of Section I: Forensic Medicine for better appreciation of concepts.
• Tables in various chapters for greater understanding and quick recapitulation during examination.
• Appendix highlighting characteristics of some toxic agents for usefulness in toxicology.
This comprehensive, yet concise textbook is ideal for undergraduate students of Forensic Medicne. It would also be useful for students of Ayurvedic, Homoeopathic, Unani and Siddha systems of medicine
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TOC
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Section1: FORENSIC MEDICINE
1. Definition and History of Forensic Medicine
2. Legal Procedures
3. Identification
4. Post-mortem Examination
5. Examination of Decomposed and Mutilated Bodies, Skeletal Remains, and Exhumation
6. Examination of Biological Stains and Hair
7. Medico-legal Aspects of Death
8. Post-mortem Artefacts
9. Asphyxial Deaths
10. Death from Starvation, Cold and Heat
11. Injuries from Burns, Scalds, Lightning and Electricity
12. Injuries by Mechanical Violence
13. Fire-arm Injuries
14. Medico-legal Aspects of Wounds
15. Regional Injuries
16. Traffic Injuries
17. Impotence, Sterility and Artificial Insemination
18. Virginity, Pregnancy and Delivery
19. Sexual Offences
20. Legitimacy and Medico-legal Aspects of Marriage Annulment
21. Infanticide
22. Abortion and Medical Termination of Pregnancy
23. Insanity and Forensic Psychiatry
24. Miscellaneous Topics
25. Law in Relation to Medical Practice: Part I
26. Law in Relation to Medical Practice: Part II
27. Recent Advances in Crime Detection
Section2: TOXICOLOGY
28. Medico-legal Aspects of Poisons
29. Corrosive Poisoning
30. Irritant Poisons—Vegetable Poisons
31. Irritant Poisons—Non-metallic Poisons (Inorganic)
32. Irritant Poisons—Metallic Poisons (Inorganic)
33. Irritant Poisons—Animal Poisons
34. Irritant Poisons—Mechanical Poisons
35. Neurotic Poisons—Somniferous Poisons
36. Cerebral Poisons—Inebriant Poisons
37. Cerebral Poisons—Deliriant Poisons
38. Spinal Poisons
39. Cardiac Poisons
40. Asphyxiants (Irrespirable Gases)
41. Food Poisoning
APPENDICES
• Common Features of Some Toxic Agents
• Relevant Sections of Law for Medical Practice
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