Clinical Forensic Medicine, w. CD-ROM

Chapter 1. The History and Development of Clinical Forensic Medicine Worldwide

Chapter 2. Fundamental Principles

Chapter 3. Sexual Assault Examination

Chapter 4. Injury Assessment, Documentation, and Interpretation

Chapter 5. Nonaccidental Injury in Children

Chapter 6. Crowd-Control Agents

Chapter 7. Medical Issues Relevant to Restraint

Chapter 8. Care of Detainees

Chapter 9. Infectious Diseases: The Role of the Forensic Physician

Chapter 10. Substance Misuse

Chapter 11. Deaths in Custody

Chapter 12. Traffic Medicine. Appendices

Index

"The book is a reliable guide for practical forensic case work...recommended to physicians, forensic pathologists, and police officers." - Institute of Legal Medicine

Reviews of the First edition:

"This is the best textbook of clinical forensic medicine ever. It is essential reading for students and practitioners within this developing specialty. It is a most valuable guide and I unreservedly recommend it to all readers of this journal. It is written by a team of professionals from both sides of the Atlantic. The sexual examination (chapter 3) is covered exhaustively and includes 191 references. Similarly the chapter on substance abuse (Stark and Norfolk) covers the subject with great detail and includes 171 references. Traffic medicine, deaths in custody, crowd control agents and NAI are all given first class attention. The book itself has been beautifully printed on good paper. The text is clear and the proof reading cannot be faulted. I strongly advise all medico-legalists, police surgeons and forensic medical practitioners (including GPs) to have this textbook (it is more than a guide) on their shelves. It is required reading for all those who aspire to be forensic physicians or consultants-both in the US and the UK. Many in the allied professions will be well-advised to have access to this book. The Series Editor Karch and Editor Stark together with the Humana Press deserve warm congratulations from us for this superb textbook. The format and the clarity are so appealing. It deserves tremendous success." -Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

"One of the more useful features is a section on the principles of forensic medicine, a topic not typically covered in medical education. Two other topics covered in detail are sexual assault and traffic medicine, both of which have a good deal of relevant forensics not often understood by practitioners...This is a well-written text by an authoritative set of contributors. It is the first such book I have come