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The forensic medicine deals with the use of medical and paramedical principles to get the administration of justice. The knowledge of forensic medicine is important in deciding cases of murder, subscides, injuries, accidents, sexual offences, asphyxial deaths, poisoning and other medico-legal cases.
In simple words, forensic medicine deals with the medical aspects of law. Medical jurisprudence is the legal responsibility of doctors arising disruption in doctor-patient relationship. Medical ethics deals with principles which guides the medical professionals in their patients and with other professionals.
Forensic medicine deals with crimes against man, where medical examination or proofs are required. It is an application of common sense with knowledge & experience to find out the truth. The law / court doesn't have any special medical knowledge and it needs an opinion of medical professionals. The medical officer should work under law. He / she must not do things against law. They should be careful while examining the living person or dead. They should not encourage the acuist and produce a false statements on the victim.
The synopsis of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Dr. K S Narayan Reddy will provide you the knowledge and latest information about Forensic Medicine.
Contents of the book,
Section 1: Forensic Medicine
2) Legal procedure
3) Medical laws and ethics
4) Identification
5) Medico-legal autopsy
6) Death and its cause
7) Postmortem changes
8) Mechanical injuries
9) Regional injuries
10) Medico-legal aspects of wounds
11) Thermal death
12) Starvation
13) Mechanical asphyxia
14) Impotence and sterility
15) Virginity, pregnancy and delivery
16) Abortion
17) Sexual offences
18) Infant deaths
19) Blood stains
20) Artefacts
21) Forensic science laboratory
22) forensic psychology
Section 2: Toxicology
23) General consideration
24) Agricultural poisons
25) Corosive poisoning
26) Metallic poisons
27) Inorganic irritant poisoning
28) Organic irritant poisoning
29) CNS depressants
30) Psychotropic drugs
31) Deliriant poisons
32) Drug dependence and abuse
33) Spinal poisoning
34) Cardiac poisoning
35) Asphyxia
36) Miscellaneous poisoning
37) Food poisoning
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