Principles and Practice of Forensic Medicine

This is the thoroughly revised, enlarged and updated edition of the well known text-reference in the field of forensic medicine. The book presents over 700 colour and grayscale pictures and diagrams to describe the elements as well as practice of forensic medicine. Apart from clinical forensic medicine and forensic pathology, it discusses recent advances and modern trends in the field and allied specialties which will be very useful for the doctors, lawyers and law enforcement agencies. Topics such as forensic odontology , forensic radiology , forensic toxicology , forensic psychiatry , torture and doctors , medical law and ethics , transplantation of human organs, , narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances , hazards of blood transfusion , biomedical research , consumer laws , Employees Compensation Act , Employees State Insurance Act , medical records keeping , ethicolegal aspects of HIV/AIDS, etc. are included. , Recent amendments in the criminal law have been incorporated. The chapter , 1Doctor in Court1 describes the judicial system in our country and gives guidelines as to how a doctor should conduct himself in a court of law. , Embalming techniques and related legal aspects are dealt with in a separate chapter. Apart from theoretical information, practical aspects of all types of medicolegal work are dealt with. , Samples of certificates and proformas given in the book will help the practising doctors to draft necessary certificates for the medicolegal cases handled by them.