"Forensic Pathology: Principles and Practice" is an extensively illustrated reference book that contains more than 1800 color photographs accompanied by well-considered text that thoroughly explains representative topics, and also provides abundant, up-to-date references for further reading. This well-written volume uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. It will benefit not only the experienced forensic pathologist, but also the hospital pathologist who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies. Doctors in training and those law enforcement officials investigating the broad spectrum of sudden, unexpected and violent deaths that may fall within the jurisdiction of medicolegal death investigators will also find this an invaluable resource. It includes: large, colorful photographs which beautifully illustrate the concepts outlined in the text; sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death; and, 'Do and Don't' sections at the end of each chapter which provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined within preceding sections.
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a. Foreword b. Preface 1. Medicolegal investigation of death 2. Death Scene Investigation 3. The Forensic Autopsy 4. Sudden Natural Death 5. Blunt force injury 6. Sharp Force Injuries 7. Firearm Injuries 8. Asphyxia 9. Drowning 10. Environmental Injury 11. Motor Vehicle Collisions 12. Aviation 13. Death in Custody 14. Artifacts of Resuscitation and Complications of Medical Therapy 15. Apparent Natural Death in Infants 16. Sudden Natural Death in Childhood 17. Child abuse 18. Elder Abuse 19. Forensic Neuropathology 20. Sexual Battery Investigation 21. Toxicology 22. Acute Psychiatric and Emotional Deaths 23. Pregnancy 24. Postmortem Changes 25. Identification 26. Forensic Osteology 27. Forensic Odontology 28. Forensic Photography 29. Select Autopsy Topics 30. Death Certification 31. The Pathologist as Expert Witness 32. Index
