About the Author:
V Dekal MD PGDMLE PhD (Criminology) Associate Professor Saveetha Medical College Thandalam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Contents of the book:
Section 1: Medical Jurisprudence
Chapter 1 Introduction and Scope of Forensic Medicine
Chapter 2 The Indian Legal System
Chapter 3 Medical Ethics and the Law
Chapter 4 Medical Negligence
Section II: Personal Identity
Chapter 5 Identification
Section III: Forensic Pathology
Chapter 6 Medicolegal Autopsy
Chapter 7 Thanatology (Study of Death)
Chapter 8 Postmortem Changes
Chapter 9 Violent Asphyxial Deaths
Chapter 10 Death due to Starvation
Section IV: Forensic Traumatology
Chapter 11 Injuries and their Medicolegal Considerations
Chapter 12 Regional Injuries
Chapter 13 Forensic Ballistics
Chapter 14 Thermal Injuries
Chapter 15 Electrical and Lightning Injuries
Section V: Sexual Jurisprudence
Chapter 16 Virginity
Chapter 17 Impotence, Sterility and Artificial Insemination
Chapter 18 Pregnancy and Delivery
Chapter 19 Abortion and MTP Act 1971
Chapter 20 Infant Deaths
Chapter 21 Sexual Offences and Paraphilias
Section VI: Forensic Psychiatry
Chapter 22 Psychiatry and the Mental Health Act 1987
Section VII: Medical Toxicology
Chapter 23 General Considerations
Chapter 24 Agricultural Poisons
Chapter 25 Corrosive Poisons
Chapter 26 Metallic and Inorganic Irritants
Chapter 27 Organic Irritant Poisons
Chapter 28 Neurotoxic Poisons
Chapter 29 Cardiac Poisons
Chapter 30 Asphyxiants
Chapter 31 Miscellaneous Poisons
Section VIII: Practical
Exercise 1 Age Estimation by Dentition
Exercise 2 Age Estimation by Radiology
Exercise 3 Skeletal Remains
Exercise 4 Wound Certificate
Exercise 5 Drunkenness Certificate
Exercise 6 Sexual Offence Certification-Victim
Exercise 7 Examination of the Accused of Sexual Offence
Exercise 8 Fetal Examination
Exercise 9 Leave and Fitness Certificate
Exercise 10 Death Certificate
Exercise 11 Postmortem Certificate
Exercise 12 Spotters
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