Forensic emergency medicine
By: editors, Jonathan S. Olshaker, M. Christine Jackson, William S. Smock ; editorial coordinator, Linda J. Kesselring.
Contributors: Olshaker, Jonathan S.; Jackson, M. Christine.; Smock, William S.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780781792745; 9780781792745
Subjects: Assault and battery.; Emergency medicine.; Medical jurisprudence.; Emergency Medicine -- methods.; Forensic Medicine -- methods.; Expert Testimony.; Sex Offenses.; Violence.
Description: Provides the information emergency departments need about the medicolegal aspects of treating victims of violence, motor vehicle accidents, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse, and intimate partner abuse. It offers detailed guidelines on interviewing and examining the victim and collecting, preserving, and documenting evidence for legal proceedings. The book includes a chapter by an attorney on expert testimony and a chapter on forensic photography. A full-color photo insert illustrates injury patterns and key evidence. This edition provides increased coverage of motor vehicle accidents, DNA evidence, and new drugs of abuse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Perpetrators / John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker; title: The victims of violence / Carroll Ann Ellis; title: Interviewing techniques / Peggy L. Johnson and John S. O'Brien II; title: Forensic emergency medicine: penetrating trauma / William S. Smock; title: Forensic aspects of motor vehicle trauma / William S. Smock; title: Forensic examination of adult victims and perpetrators of sexual assault / Judith A. Linden, Annie Lewis-O'Connor, and M. Christine Jackson; title: Sexual abuse and sexual assault of adolescents / V. Jill Kempthorne; title: Child sexual assault: the acute assessment / Mary-Theresa L. Baker; title: Child abuse/assault / Richard Lichenstein and Adrienne H. Suggs; title: Elder abuse / Adam J. Geroff and Jonathan S. Olshaker; title: Treating survivors of intimate partner abuse: forensic identification and documentation / Daniel J. Sheridan; title: New drugs of abuse / K. Sophia Dyer; title: Serology and DNA evidence / Rosalind Bowman, Teri J. Labbe, and Kimberly A. Mullings; title: Law enforcement / Donald E. Steinhice; title: Sexual assault and the criminal justice system / Sharon A.H. May; title: Testifying / Sharon A.H. May; title: Forensic photography in the emergency department / William S. Smock and Patrick E. Besant-Matthews.