Simpson's forensic medicine / edited by Professor Jason Payne-James, Richard Jones.
| Other author | Payne-James, Jason, editor. |
| Other author | Jones, Richard (Forensic pathologist), editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | Fifteenth edition. |
| Publication | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2025. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Direct link to eBook |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Principles of forensic practice -- The ethics of medical practice -- Medicolegal aspects of death -- Violence in society, medicolegal investigation of death and the autopsy -- The appearance of the body after death -- Death from natural causes -- Deaths and injury in infancy -- Assessment, classification and documentation of injury -- Ballistic injuries -- Regional injuries and patterns of injury -- Pressure to the neck & asphyxia deaths -- Heat, cold & electrical trauma -- Immersion and drowning -- Identification of the living and the dead -- Restraint and control techniques -- Police custodial healthcare -- Sexual assault and genitoanal injury and female genital mutilation -- Safeguarding and protection of children and vulnerable adults -- Transportation medicine -- Torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment -- Principles of forensic science and crime scene investigation -- Principles of toxicology -- Alcohol (ethanol) -- Licit and illicit drugs -- Medicinal poisons and miscellaneous poisons -- Miscellaneous poisons. |
| Abstract | "The 15th edition of Simpson's Forensic Medicine provides an overview of all that is relevant in practice at the interface between medicine and law. Its long-standing reputation as one of the world's leading introductory texts in the field of forensic & legal medicine is reflected by easy to read and informative text, complemented by numerous colour images, tables and figures. Identifying current forensic & legal medicine practice, the comprehensive coverage encompasses all aspects of forensic pathology, clinical forensic medicine, legal medicine and highlights contemporary topic such as non-fatal strangulation, deaths in custody, safeguarding, intimate-partner violence as well as subjects such as asphyxial deaths, the impact of heat, cold & electrical trauma, and immersion and drowning. Forensic & legal medicine is intimately involved with the criminal and civil justice systems including family law. Forensic & legal medicine and forensic science are closely linked and for all those whose work brings them into contact with such subjects, Simpson's provides an immediate source of accessible knowledge. Students and practitioners in such settings can understand how their area of work or study interrelates and interacts with others in different settings. Simpson's is, therefore, a textbook of choice for those studying forensic & legal medicine or forensic science, and for forensic practitioners, law students, law enforcement personnel, healthcare professionals, and judges, coroners and other legal professionals"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Simpson's forensic medicine. Fifteenth edition. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2025 9781032424354 |
| Issued in other form | Print version : 9781032424354 |
| ISBN | 9781040400319 ePub ebook |
| ISBN | 1040400310 |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000264851 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |