ABSTRACT

Medicolegal investigation of death is the most crucial and significant function of the medical examiner within the criminal justice system. The medical examiner is primarily concerned with violent, sudden, unexpected, and suspicious deaths and is responsible for determining the cause and manner of death, identifying the deceased, determining the ap

chapter 1|20 pages

Medicolegal Investigative Systems

chapter 2|22 pages

Time of Death

chapter 3|48 pages

Deaths Due to Natural Disease

chapter 4|26 pages

Blunt Trauma Wounds

chapter 8|50 pages

Asphyxia

chapter 9|40 pages

Deaths Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents

chapter 10|6 pages

Airplane Crashes

chapter 11|10 pages

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

chapter 12|32 pages

Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Child Homicide

chapter 13|22 pages

Fire Deaths

chapter 14|10 pages

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

chapter 15|10 pages

Death by Drowning

chapter 16|10 pages

Electrocution

chapter 18|18 pages

Rape

chapter 19|12 pages

Emboli

chapter 20|24 pages

Topics in Forensic Pathology

chapter 21|10 pages

Nursing Home Deaths