This book is intended to provide state-of-the-art information about the forensic aspects of medicine and related fields.

This edited, multi-author, multi-national book is intended to provide state-of-the-art information about the forensic aspects of medicine and related fields for those involved in the clinical and pathological forensic aspects of the care, assessment, investigation and diagnosis of victims, perpetrators and assailants and others involved in police or judicial systems. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged specialist and established authority within the particular field and this book is intended to become the standard reference work on the forensic aspects of forensic medicine and healthcare. Each chapter, when appropriate, will suggest clear guidelines for the practical applications of issues discussed and will be fully referenced with the most up-to-date or most authoritative references and clear illustrations, tables and algorithms for practical guidance. The book will be divided into a number of sections, concerned with the different aspects of forensic medicine, for ease of reference.

Part I. General Issues 1. History and development of forensic medicine: 2. Death investigations
3. Shari'ah law and the judicial system
4. Forensic medicine and human rights
5. Scenes of crime - the pathologist and others
6. Clinical and pathological assessment of war crimes
7. The forensic investigation of mass graves and war crimes
Part II. Causes and Investigation of Death and Injury: 8. Pathophysiology of wound healing
9. Timing of death
10. Custody and restraint deaths
11. Suicide, accident, murder or natural death
12. Gunshot trauma
13. Environmental factors causing disease and death
14. Injuries and death caused by heat and electricity
15. Perioperative deaths
16. Maternal death
17. Unexpected infant and childhood death
18. Drowning
19. Asphyxia
20. Death in the course of sports
21. Diving injuries and barotrauma
22. Sharp force trauma
23. Head injury (fatal and non-fatal)
24. The pathology of trauma and death associated with falls from heights
25. Fire deaths
Part III. Practical investigation and management: 26. The physiology of male and femal sexual arousal
27. Age estimation in the living
28. Adult sexual assaults: practical management
29. Child and adolescent sexual assaults (childhood sexual abuse)
30. Child physical and emotional abuse
31. Elder abuse
32. Physical illness in custody
33. Mental disorder in prison
34. Substance misuse
35. Transportation medicine
36. Assault and injury in the living
37. Mass disaster organisation
38. Methodology and practical application of DNA profiling
39. Fitness to be interviewed
40. Drug assay and interpretation of results
41. Agrochemical poisoning
42. Medicinal drug poisoning: clinical and forensic implications
Part IV. Related Specialties: 43. Role of and techniques in forensic anthropology
44. Role of and techniques in forensic haematogenetics - paternity testing
45. Role of and techniques in forensic odontology
46. Role of and techniques in forensic psychology
47. Role of and techniques in forensic psychiatry
48. Role of and techniques in forensic imaging
49. Role of and techniques in forensic entomology
50. Statistical techniques and their role in evidence interpretation
51. Report writing for the courts and for lawyers.