Clinical forensic medicine
Subtitle: a physician's guide
By: edited by Margaret M. Stark ; foreword by John Stevens.
Contributors: Stark, Margaret.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Forensic science and medicine
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
Subjects: Medical jurisprudence.; Forensic Medicine -- methods.
Other titles: Physician's guide to clinical forensic medicine.
Description: This revised edition has been completely updated and expanded to address the latest developments and professional concerns in forensic medicine. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police restraint and new material on the potential of police exposure to infection, the role of alcohol and drugs in vehicular accidents, and forensic sampling in sexual assault examinations. The chapters on fundamental principles, nonaccidental injury in children, and the care of detainees are all fully revised, as are the appendices (now containing a list of useful websites).
Notes: Rev. ed. of: A physician's guide to clinical forensic medicine. c2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Systems requirements for accompanying disk: Adobe Reader 6.0 or later. (enclosed eBook is PC/Mac compatible)
Table of contents: title: The history and development of clinical forensic medicine worldwide / Jason Payne-James; title: Fundamental principles / Roy N. Palmer; title: Sexual assault examination / Deborah Rogers and Mary Newton; title: Injury assessment, documentation, and interpretation / Jason Payne-James, Jack Crane, and Judith A. Hinchliffe; title: Nonaccidental injury in children / Amanda Thomas; title: Crowd control agents / Kari Blaho-Owens; title: Medical issues relevant to restraint / Nicholas Page; title: Care of detainees / Guy Norfolk and Margaret M. Stark; title: Infectious diseases / Felicity Nicholson; title: Substance misuse / Margaret M. Stark and Guy Norfolk; title: Deaths in custody / Richard Shepherd; title: Traffic medicine / Ian F. Wall and Steven B. Karch.