 | Handbook of Forensic Pathology Illustrates the effects of blunt force injuries as well as stab, incised, and chop wounds to various parts of the body
Differentiates between suffocation, strangulation, and chemical asphyxia
Evaluates gunshot wounds and wound patterns left by different caliber ammunition
Studies neo-naticide, infanticide, and chronic abuse patterns, as well as sexually related homicide
Presents specific information regarding deaths during surgery and while in police custody
Examines deaths due to drugs both illicit and prescribed, and offers methods of analysis including blood concentrations, gas and liquid chromatography, and mass spectrometry.
Handbook of Forensic Pathology, Second Edition, provides an up-to-date, concise manual illustrating all core aspects of modern forensic pathology. This new edition retains the outline format of the original, which allows for quick access and rapid assimilation. Written in no nonsense, easily understandable language, this precise and thorough, yet compact resource contains extensively detailed entries from two of the nation's foremost authorities on gunshot wounds and forensic pathology. With numerous instructional charts and diagrams and new full-color photographs, it organizes a wealth of instructional and immediately applicable information.
Introducing medicolegal casework and documentation, this resource explains protocols for the collection and recovery of evidence and DNA analysis, and lists factors used to determine time of death and identify remains. It covers the natural causes of death in children and adults as well as a myriad of non-natural causes including homicide, suicide, accidental, and undetermined.
New in the Second Edition-· Introduces an entirely new chapter on nursing home death· Examines added information on gunshot residue· Presents new research on Tasers, pepper spray, and Excited Delirium Syndrome· Includes new full color photographs
ISBN: 084939287X
Author: DiMaio V J M Dana S E
Format: PB
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2006
Edition : 2 |
