Handbook of forensic pathology /
Editor: Richard C. Froede [y otros cinco] ; editor y diseñador: Caryn L. Tursky
- Segunda edición
- Northfield : College of American Pathologists, 2003
- vii, 581 páginas : ilustraciones ; 22 x 29 cm
Incluye bibliografía e índice
1. Medicolegal death investigation and forensic procedures 2. Medicolegal autopsy: format and quality assurance 3. Forensic evidence 4. Medical certification of death and cause-of-death statements 5. Identification 6. The pathologist and the FBI national crime information center unidentified and missing person files 7. Time of death 8. Postmortem changes 9. Sudden unexpected adult deaths 10. Accidental and natural deaths in children 11. Sudden infant death syndrome 12. Infanticide. Abandoned newborns, and feticide 13. Investigation of child abuse 14. Blunt force injury 15. Craniocerebral trauma 16. Sharp force injuries 17. Characteristics of rifles. Handguns, and ammunition 18. Shorgun wounds 19. Mechanical asphyxia 20. Deaths in custody 21. Bodies found in water 22. Deaths due to electrocution and lightning 23. Deaths associated with fires and burns 24. Deaths due to heat and cold exposure 25. Drug deaths 26. Volatiles and inhalants (chemical asphyxia) 27. Sex-related deaths 28. Elder abuse 29. Sports-related fatalities 30. Investigation of multiple fatality incidents 31. Traffic fatalities 32. Aviation pathology 33. Autopsy guidelines for explosion fatalities 34. The pathology of terrorism 35. Biologic and chemical terrorism: surveillance and response 36. Emerging infectious diseases and the forensic pathologist 37. Deaths due to animals. Plants, and other natural environmental hazards 38. Work-related deaths 39. Deaths due to medical therapy 40. Postmortem forensic chemistry 41. Forensic radiology: application in the evaluation of injury and death 42. Forensic odontology 43. Forensic entomology: application of entomological methods to the investigation of death 44. Forensic postmortem toxicology 45. Exhumations 46. Interaction with the media 47. Forensic photography for the pathologist 48. Special autopsy techniques 49. Forensic science for the forensic pathologist