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Clinical Forensic Medicine : A Physician’s Guide /

Contributor(s): Stark, Margaret M [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Forensic Science and Medicine: Publisher: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2005.Edition: Second Edition.Description: XVIII, 438 p. 27 illus. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781592599134.Subject(s): Medicine | Forensic medicine | Medicine & Public Health | Forensic MedicineDDC classification: 614.1 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
History and Development of Clinical Forensic Medicine -- Fundamental Principles -- Sexual Assault Examination -- Injury Assessment, Documentation, and Interpretation -- Nonaccidental Injury in Children -- Crowd-Control Agents -- Medical Issues Relevant to Restraint -- Care of Detainees -- Infectious Diseases -- Substance Misuse -- Deaths in Custody -- Traffic Medicine.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This revised edition of a much praised survey of the fundamental principles of clinical forensic medicine has been completely updated and expanded to address the latest developments and professional concerns. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police restraint, including injuries that may occur with handcuffs and truncheons, the use of crowd-control agents, substance misuse problems in custody, and the management of bites, head injuries, and self-inflicted wounds. Additional new material can be found on the potential of police exposure to infection, the role of alcohol and drugs in vehicular accidents, and forensic sampling in sexual assault examinations. The chapters on fundamental principles, nonaccidental injury in children, and the care of detainees are all fully revised, as are the appendices (now containing a list of useful websites). Authoritative and up-to-date, Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide, Second Edition offers forensic specialists and allied professionals a reliable guide to good practices and procedures for every variety of police inquiry requiring clinical forensic investigation.
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History and Development of Clinical Forensic Medicine -- Fundamental Principles -- Sexual Assault Examination -- Injury Assessment, Documentation, and Interpretation -- Nonaccidental Injury in Children -- Crowd-Control Agents -- Medical Issues Relevant to Restraint -- Care of Detainees -- Infectious Diseases -- Substance Misuse -- Deaths in Custody -- Traffic Medicine.

This revised edition of a much praised survey of the fundamental principles of clinical forensic medicine has been completely updated and expanded to address the latest developments and professional concerns. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police restraint, including injuries that may occur with handcuffs and truncheons, the use of crowd-control agents, substance misuse problems in custody, and the management of bites, head injuries, and self-inflicted wounds. Additional new material can be found on the potential of police exposure to infection, the role of alcohol and drugs in vehicular accidents, and forensic sampling in sexual assault examinations. The chapters on fundamental principles, nonaccidental injury in children, and the care of detainees are all fully revised, as are the appendices (now containing a list of useful websites). Authoritative and up-to-date, Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide, Second Edition offers forensic specialists and allied professionals a reliable guide to good practices and procedures for every variety of police inquiry requiring clinical forensic investigation.

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