Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists

• Main Author: Prahlow, Joseph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Forensic medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Forensic Medicine.

Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists is a forensic pathology book specifically written for professionals who interact with forensic pathologists. The book includes sections that address various general topics which are not normally present in the typ...

Table of Contents:

• Introductory Topics
• to Pathology
• to Forensic Sciences
• to Forensic Pathology
• Death Investigation
• Death Certification
• Overview of Anatomy and Physiology
• General Topics in Forensic Pathology
• The Postmortem Forensic Examination/Autopsy
• Postmortem Changes and Time of Death
• Identification of Human Remains
• Major Causes/Mechanisms of Death
• Natural Deaths
• Drug-Related and Toxin-Related Deaths
• Blunt Force Injury Deaths
• Gunshot Wound Deaths
• Sharp Force Injury Deaths
• Asphyxial Deaths
• Drowning
• Electrical Deaths
• Temperature-Related Deaths
• Burns and Fire-Related Deaths
• Deaths in Infancy and Childhood
• Miscellaneous Topics.