Description
| Product ID: | 9781526521323 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Mason’s Forensic Medicine and the Law |
| Authors: | Author: Dr Alexander Kolar, Professor Helen Whitwell, Mr Paul Harvey, Katy Thorne KC |
| Page Count: | 584 |
| Subjects: | Criminal law: procedure and offences, Criminal law & procedure, Personal injury, Forensic medicine, Personal injury, Forensic medicine |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This is the leading work on forensic medicine and the law in the UK. Written by a team of leading legal practitioners, pathologists and other experts, this Seventh Edition has been fully revised to bring it up to date with the latest legal, medical and scientific developments. It is the only book directed at both the legal practitioner and the expert medical witness. It provides unique commentary on the law in all three UK jurisdictions: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It guides experts on their role and duties to the courts and highlights areas of current scientific and legal controversy with additional reference sources. In addition to two new chapters on forensic psychiatry and forensic science, the Seventh Edition includes updates and new material on: - Introduction to medicine, the systems of the body and autopsy procedure - Forensic medicine covering assaults, firearms, head injuries, road traffic collisions, falls, asphyxia, drowning, hypothermia, and heat and electricity - Sexual offences, deaths in detention, forensic odontology and toxicology - Guidance for the expert medical witness on giving evidence in the UK courts, covering the UK’s criminal justice systems, coroners’ courts and fatal accident inquiriesThis title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Personal Injury Law online service. Mason’s Forensic Medicine covers all aspects of the relationship between forensic medicine and the law including an overview of general issues relating to medical ethics, criminal liability, negligence and the regulation of the medical profession. It considers each key stage from the reporting of the death to the investigation and diagnosis of the cause of death, detailing medical and legal considerations that must be taken into account. Each chapter begins with an explanation of basic medical issues including relevant anatomy, identifying controversies in the various forensic areas.The seventh edition incorporates key developments both within law and medicine. There is an expansion of the practical and difficult issues for relevant practitioners in the legal setting. For example, key developments in the pathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (brain injury caused by head injury such as in footballers). The seventh edition is divided into four sections: Part 1-Introduction to Forensic MedicinePart 2-Injuries and other relevant conditionPart 3-Allied Forensic disciplinesPart 4-Forensic Medicine and the legal system. It includes diagrams and overviews and points the reader to the relevant literature in both law and medicine. There are referrals to other texts- eg anatomy and clinical investigation together with use of appendices and a new chapter on DNA.Essential reading for lawyers, police, crime scene investigators, forensic scientists, coroners and coroners officers. Medical practitioners and medical students would also find the text useful as a basic guide to legal issues. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Professional |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-04-28 |
