DESCRIPTION:
Aimed at forensic pathologists and homicide investigators, this guide outlines the medicolegal aspects of homicide investigation. It covers the role of the forensic pathologist and others, the crime scene, the forensic autopsy, the death certificate, identification of the body, time of death, and death by various methods, as well as the pathologist""s role in acting as an expert witness.
This edition updates the material to reflect changes in the field since the first edition in 1974. It has all color images six new chapters and sections on death certification, elder abuse, pediatric head injury, drugs of abuse, histopathology, and bereavement and information on natural, accidental, and suicidal deaths.
