This book on Medical Jurisprudence & Clinical Forensic Medicine addresses the evolving nature of law and medicine. It updates the medicolegal (ML) systems and discusses the concerns related to digitalization of courts, serving a subpoena through social media, ethical/ML issues in nanomedicine, telemedicine and online prescription practices, toxicology and mass disaster. It fulfils the increased demands of students, forensic medicine specialists, clinicians and lawyers to get authentic medicolegal information in situations of ethical dilemma or during ML urgencies. It features case-based discussions on ML and deontological issues supported by the latest legal/statutory information.
Key Features: • Discusses the clinical and applied aspects of forensic medicine through illustrative case scenarios and reports. • Addresses the needs of clinicians and forensic medicine specialists in writing medico-legal reports for specific cases. • Provides evidence-based solutions to medicolegal and ethical dilemma faced during routine practice.
Edited by:
Ambika Prasad Patra (JIPMER India),
Kusa Kumar Shaha (JIPMER,
India)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 280mm,
Width: 210mm,
Weight: 1.080kg
ISBN: 9780367688073
ISBN 10: 0367688077
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 09 August 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Section I: MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE 1. Introduction to Forensic Medicine 2. Medical Deontology 3. Medical Practice 4. Legal Procedure in India 5. Patient, Physician, and the Law 6. Documentation, Certification and Record-Keeping 7. Gifts to The Physician 8. Physician and The Will Section II: CLINICAL FORENSIC MEDICINE 9. Establishing Identity of Individual 10. Medicolegal Aspects of Mechanical Wounds 11. Crimes Involving the Elderly 12. Crimes Involving Infants and Children 13. Sexual Crimes 14. Disorders of Fecundity 15. Medico-Legal Aspects of Pregnancy 16. Forensic Psychiatry 17. Violation of Human Rights and Torture Medicine 18. Violence Against Healthcare Professionals 19. Establishment of Healthcare Facilities 20. Basics of Healthcare Facilities Management 21. Medicolegal Management of Poisoning, Toxicity and Drug-Overdose
Professor Ambika P. Patra is currently in the Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry. Professor Kusa Kumar Shaha is currently Dean and the former Head & Medical Faculty of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry.
