Oxford Handbook of Forensic Medicine

This book acts as a practical guide for clinical forensic specialists. It contains basic background information on the legal aspects of medicine for doctors, nurses and medical students.

1. Scope of forensic medicine ; 2. Forensic aspects of death ; 3. Forensic autopsy ; 4. Asphyxia ; 5. Forensic pathology of physical injury ; 6. The police custody unit ; 7. Life-threatening emergencies in custody ; 8. Assessing and managing illness in custody ; 9. Assessing and managing injury in custody ; 10. Traffic law and medicine ; 11. Adult sexual assault ; 12. Child abuse and neglect ; 13. Psychiatric aspects ; 14. Forensic toxicology ; 15. Forensic science