Biswas Gautam., Prahlow Joseph A., Aggrawal Anil (eds.) Review of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology: Including Clinical and Pathological Aspects

2nd edition. — Jaypee Brothers Medical Pub, 2012. — 602 p.The book "Review of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology" is divided into two sections. The first section discusses jurisprudence and forensic medicine, and the second part discusses toxicology. An added plus is the inclusion of clinical and therapeutic information, making the text ideal for persons practicing “living” forensic medicine. The book represents an excellent resource for forensic medicine practitioners, forensic pathologists, toxicologists, and others within the forensic community. This book is written specifically for persons in training and studying for board-type examinations. Topic-wise MCQs from the last 10 years are given at the end of the chapters. Question Bank I and II (Q-Bank) give a list of important questions, which the students should prepare for the professional examination and are based on the latest MBBS curriculum prepared by Directorate General of Health Services and Medical Council of India (MCI). The text is a comprehensive yet concise overview of forensic medicine and toxicology that covers many forensic topics. For example, chapters dedicated to issues, such as decompression, radiation and altitude sickness, starvation, anesthetic deaths, torture and custodial deaths, as well as many individual toxicology chapters, such as arsenic, inorganic metals, war gases and food poisoning, among many others are included.Medical Jurisprudence and Ethics
Acts Related to Medical Practice
Legal Procedure
Identification I
Identification II
Medico-legal Autopsy
Autopsy Room Hazards
Thanatology
Signs of Death
Asphyxia
Injuries
Firearm Injuries
Regional Injuries
Thermal Injuries
Transportation Injuries
Explosion Injuries and Fall from Height
Medico-legal Aspects of Injuries
Decompression, Radiation and Altitude Sickness
Starvation Deaths
Infanticide and Child Abuse
Anesthetic Deaths
Abortion
Impotence and Sterility
Virginity, Pregnancy and Delivery
Natural Sexual Offences
Unnatural Sexual Offences
Sexual Perversions/Deviations
Postmortem Artifacts
Forensic Psychiatry
Bloodstain Analysis
Seminal Stains and Other Biological Samples
Dna Fingerprinting
Torture and Custodial Deaths
Medico-legal Aspects of Hiv
Newer Techniques and Recent Advances