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Clinical forensic medicine / edited by W.D.S. McLay

Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Additional Creators
McLay, W. D. S. (W. David S.
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Contents
Legal systems : a world view / W.T.M. Ransom -- Scottish legal system / C. George M. Fernie -- The police in the United Kingdom / Crispian Strachan -- The practitioner's obligations / Michael A. Knight ; with contributions by Michael Wilks and C. George M. Fernie -- The doctor in court / Peter J. Franklin -- Custody medicine : physical conditions / Jeanne Herring -- Custody medicine : mental illness and psychological conditions / Victoria Evans and Gavin Reid -- Substance misuse / Margaret M. Stark and Guy A. Norfolk -- Alcohol / Ian F. Wall -- Injury / Jack Crane -- Child abuse : physical / Robert Sunderland -- Child abuse : sexual / Catherine White ; with contribution from Cathy Cobley -- Adult sexual offences / Deborah J. Rogers -- Management of at-risk exposures and infection control in custody / Felicity Nicholson -- Scenes of crime / Ian Hogg -- Forensic science / Ian C. Shaw and Julie Mennell -- Forensic dentistry / Judith A. Hinchliffe -- Investigation of death / Peter Dean -- Dealing with a major disaster / Anthony Busuttil -- Occupational health of police officers / W.D.S. McLay.
Summary
Medical evidence plays a vital part in many criminal prosecutions, most notably when serious injury or physical abuse is part of the prosecution's case. Now in its third edition, this book is an essential text for practitioners of clinical forensic medicine and for those who take them through judicial proceedings, be they prosecutors or defence lawyers. It is written by a team of skilled and experienced authors with practical issues firmly in mind. The book has been revised to take account of changes in both statute and case law that have occurred since publication of the previous edition as well as improvements in medical and scientific understanding. In particular, the approach to uncertainties in child abuse has been brought up to date and a completely new account of blood-borne viral diseases is included.
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ISBN
9780511576300 (ebook)
9780521705684 (paperback)
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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