Knight's forensic pathology
The fourth edition continues to be the definitive international resource for those in training and in practice, covering all aspects of the medico-legal autopsy, including the cause and time of death, interpretation of wounds and every other facet of the investigation of a fatality. The contents are...
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Boca Raton, FL
CRC Press
2016
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| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The forensic autopsy
- The pathophysiology of death
- The establishment of identity of human remains
- The pathology of wounds
- Head and spinal injuries
- Chest and abdominal injuries
- Self-inflicted injury
- Gunshot and explosion deaths
- Transportation injuries
- Abuse of human rights : deaths in custody
- Burns and scalds
- Electrical fatalities
- Complications of injury
- Suffocation and asphyxia
- Fatal pressure on the neck
- Immersion deaths
- Neglect, starvation and hypothermia
- Deaths associated with sexual offences
- Deaths associated with pregnancy
- Child homicide
- Sudden death in infancy
- Fatal child abuse
- Deaths associated with surgical procedures
- Dysbaric fatalities and barotrauma
- The pathology of sudden death
- Forensic dentistry for the pathologist
- Poisoning and the pathologist
- Forensic aspects of alcohol
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Organophosphorus poisoning
- Poisoning by medicines
- Death from narcotic and hallucinogenic drugs
- Corrosive and metallic poisoning
- Deaths from organic solvents.