Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician’s Guide

Margaret M. Stark9781588293688, 1-58829-368-8, 1-59259-913-3

This revised edition has been completely updated and expanded to address the latest developments and professional concerns in forensic medicine. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police restraint and new material 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).

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Table of contents :
cover……Page 1
contents
……Page 11
1 history and development of clinical forensic medicine
……Page 16
2 fundamental principles
……Page 52
3 sexual assault examination
……Page 76
4 injury assessment, documentation, and interpretation
……Page 142
5 nonaccidental injury in children
……Page 175
6 crowd-control agents
……Page 194
7 medical issues relevant to restraint
……Page 209
8 care of detainess
……Page 219
9 infectious diseases: the role of the forensic physician
……Page 249
10 substance misuse……Page 298
11 deaths in custody……Page 340
12 traffic medicine……Page 364
appendices
……Page 399
app 1 ethical documents
……Page 400
app 2 guidance notes on UK statutory provisions governing access to health records
……Page 414
app 3 management of head injured detainess
……Page 416
app 4 the mini-mental state examination
……Page 418
app 5 alcohol assessment questionnaires
……Page 420
app 6 drink/drugs driving impairment assessment form
……Page 423
app 7 useful website addresses
……Page 434
index
……Page 435