Clinical Forensic Medicine (eBook)

A Physician's Guide

Margaret M. Stark (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2nd ed. 2005
XVIII, 438 Seiten
Humana Press (Verlag)
978-1-59259-913-4 (ISBN)

Infos

The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), now in its 175th year, has a long tradition of working with doctors. In fact, the origin of the forensic p- sician (police surgeon) as we know him or her today, dates from the passing by Parliament of The Metropolitan Act, which received Royal Assent in June of 1829. Since then, there are records of doctors being 'appointed' to the police to provide medical care to detainees and examine police officers while on duty. The MPS has been involved in the training of doctors for more than 20 years, and has been at the forefront of setting the highest standards of wo- ing practices in the area of clinical forensic medicine. Only through an awa- ness of the complex issues regarding the medical care of detainees in custody and the management of complainants of assault can justice be achieved. The MPS, therefore, has worked in partnership with the medical profession to ensure that this can be achieved. The field of clinical forensic medicine has developed in recent years into a specialty in its own right. The importance of properly trained doctors working with the police in this area cannot be overemphasized. It is essential for the protection of detainees in police custody and for the benefit of the criminal justice system as a whole. A book that assists doctors in the field is to be applauded.

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The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), now in its 175th year, has a long tradition of working with doctors. In fact, the origin of the forensic p- sician (police surgeon) as we know him or her today, dates from the passing by Parliament of The Metropolitan Act, which received Royal Assent in June of 1829. Since then, there are records of doctors being "e;appointed"e; to the police to provide medical care to detainees and examine police officers while on duty. The MPS has been involved in the training of doctors for more than 20 years, and has been at the forefront of setting the highest standards of wo- ing practices in the area of clinical forensic medicine. Only through an awa- ness of the complex issues regarding the medical care of detainees in custody and the management of complainants of assault can justice be achieved. The MPS, therefore, has worked in partnership with the medical profession to ensure that this can be achieved. The field of clinical forensic medicine has developed in recent years into a specialty in its own right. The importance of properly trained doctors working with the police in this area cannot be overemphasized. It is essential for the protection of detainees in police custody and for the benefit of the criminal justice system as a whole. A book that assists doctors in the field is to be applauded.

Inhalt

Chapter 1

The History and Development of Clinical Forensic Medicine Worldwide
Jason Payne-James

Chapter 2

Fundamental Principles
Roy N. Palmer

Chapter 3

Sexual Assault Examination
Deborah Rogers and Mary Newton

Chapter 4

Injury Assessment, Documentation, and Interpretation
Jason Payne-James, Jack Crane, and Judith A. Hinchliffe

Chapter 5

Nonaccidental Injury in Children
Amanda Thomas

Chapter 6

Crowd-Control Agents
Kari Blaho-Owens

Chapter 7

Medical Issues Relevant to Restraint
Nicholas Page

Chapter 8

Care of Detainees
Guy Norfolk and Margaret M. Stark

Chapter 9

Infectious Diseases: The Role of the Forensic Physician
Felicity Nicholson

Chapter 10

Substance Misuse
Margaret M. Stark and Guy Norfolk

Chapter 11

Deaths in Custody
Richard Shepherd

Chapter 12

Traffic Medicine
Ian F. Wall and Steven B. Karch

Appendices

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Forensic Science and Medicine
• Reihe/Serie: Forensic Science and Medicine
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 438 p. 27 illus.
• Verlagsort: Totowa
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Themenwelt: Studium ► 2. Studienabschnitt (Klinik) ► Rechtsmedizin
• Schlagworte: Alcohol • Assessment • Care • children • Development • Diseases • documentation • Drugs • forensic medicine • Infection • Infectious • infectious disease • Infectious Diseases • Medicine
• ISBN-10: 1-59259-913-3 / 1592599133
• ISBN-13: 978-1-59259-913-4 / 9781592599134