A feature of forensic medicine is that it crosses both medical and legal boundaries. The increasing complexity of modern medicine and the changing attitudes of patients to the provision of medical care dictate the need for a corresponding increase in forensic medical knowledge. This is particularly true in the case of paediatric forensic medicine and pathology. Children are not simply small adults. They have their special medico-legal problems just as they need a distinct clinical expertise. The medico-legal problems of childhood, including the very topical subjects of assisted reproduction and of child abuse, are worldwide. The editor has had an opportunity to combine legal and medical experience and has introduced a format in forensic medical writing whereby doctors and lawyers contribute to distinctive parts of the whole work. As a result the book should appeal to practitioners in both professions who are concerned with the medico-legal aspects of reproduction, infancy and childhood.
Auflage
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 1989 edition
Sprache
Verlagsort
Verlagsgruppe
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Research
Produkt-Hinweis
Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Illustrationen
100
100 s/w Abbildungen
XII, 516 p. 100 illus.
Maße
Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
Dicke: 27 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-412-29160-9 (9780412291609)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4899-7160-9
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction. The role of the expert witness in paediatric forensic practice - Cyril H Wecht and Glenn M Larkin; Part Two: Forensic medicine and pathology. Genetic counselling and prenatal diagnosis - J A Raeburn; Intoxication in utero - Eunice J Larson; The examination of stillbirths - W J A Patrick; The postmortem examination of a baby - John L Emery; The identification of the dead, abandoned baby - Richard C Froede and Thomas E Henry; Paediatric forensic odontology - Bernard G Sims and D K Whittaker; Withdrawing from invasive neonatal intensive care - Ian Laing; The Epidemiology and sociology of the sudden infant death syndrome - Jean Golding; The pathology of the sudden infant death syndrome - J M N Hilton; Causes of sudden natural death in infancy and childhood - C L Berry; Concealment of birth, child destruction and infanticide - D A L Bowen; Post-mortem biochemistry of blood and vitreous humour in paediatric practice - John I Coe; Physical abuse of children - John Pearn; Incest and other sexual abuse of children - W D S McLay; The emotional abuse of children - Ann Gath; Poisoning in children - A T Proudfoot; The autopsy in the non-accidental injury syndrome - Bernard Knight; Radiological aspects of child abuse - C K T Evans and G M Roberts; Accidental injury and death in children - A W Craft; Death resulting from paediatric surgery and anaesthesia - Kent Mancer; Parentage testing - Barbara E Dodd; Medico-legal implications of HIV infection in childhood - Layinska Swinburne; Part Three: Legal aspects. Legal implications of modern reproductive techniques - J K Mason; Comparative abortion law: the living abortus - Bartha M Knoppers; Actions for wrongful life - Barry R Furrow; The investigation and certification of paediatric deaths - R M Whittington and Boyd G Stephens; Parental rights and consent to medical treatment of minors - David W Meyers; The law protecting children - Elaine E Sutherland and Harold L Hirsch Part Four: Ethical considerations. Research and experimentation involving children - R A McCall Smith; Modern paediatric practice: an ethical overview - R S Dowrie.
