Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation
| By: | Matthew M. Lunn |
| Publisher: | Elsevier S & T |
| Print ISBN: | 9780128036419 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780128036709 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 2017 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Essentials of Medicolegal Death Investigation uses a unique approach by combining medical issues, injury patterns, and investigative procedures to provide the reader with the basic fundamentals for a death investigation. The text introduces the reader to death investigation, common causes of death, and very specific types of death, including blunt-force injuries, gunshot wounds, and toxicology deaths. Each section includes case studies with written and visual descriptions. Written by a well-known and experienced medicolegal death investigator, the book fills a void in medicolegal literature for both students and professionals alike.
- Provides a valuable guide to the interpretation of medical death investigation for practitioners and students
- Covers the following circumstances in death investigations: asphyxiation, blunt-force injuries, sharp-force injuries, gunshot wounds, toxicology deaths, and natural causes
- Includes case studies with written and visual descriptions and discussion, as well as up-to-date literature review