This reference work offers a detailed guide to performance and interpretation of post-mortem examinations conducted for the police and other legal authorities. Standard requirements are covered such as the pathophysiology of death and identification of the dead, in addition to transport injuries, fire arms, explosive injuries, infant deaths and deaths associated with medical and surgical treatment.
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Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
photographs and line drawings, index
Maße
Höhe: 228 mm
Breite: 283 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-7131-4550-2 (9780713145502)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The forensic autopsy; the pathophysiology of death; the establishment of identity; the pathology of wounds; head and spinal injury; chest and abdominal injury; self-inflicted injury; gunshot and explosive deaths; transportation injuries; death in custody - torture; burns and scalds - fire deaths; electrical fatalities; complications of injury; suffocation and asphyxia; fatal pressure on the neck; immersion deaths; neglect, starvation, and hypothermia; death associated with sexual offences; death associated with pregnancy; infanticide and stillbirth; sudden infant death syndrome; fatal child abuse; death associated with surgical procedures; dybarism and barotrauma; the pathology of sudden unexpected death; forensic dentistry for the pathologist; the pathologist and poisoning; forensic aspects of alcohol; carbon monoxide poisoning; agrochemical poisoning; poisoning by medicines; death from narcotics and hallucinogens; corrosive and metallic poisons; death from organic solvents. Appendices: laboratory techniques and staining methods; conversion tables; standard tables of measurements.
