Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation

Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation Role of Consultants

Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation: Role of Consultants is the only volume in the field that focuses on the role consultants have in a medical examiner/coroner office and how their consultation enhances the quality of the medico-legal death investigation. The goal is to provide the reader with a multidisciplinary view by including specialized fields such as anesthesiology, surgery, radiology including CT scan, pediatrics, cardiology-electrophysiology, cardiac pathology, forensic anthropology and odontology, firearms examination, firearms, eye pathology and psychiatry/psychology written by expert contributors. Coverage also includes chapters on specialized topics including handling of high profile cases, the media, business continuity planning, envenomations, the importance quality assurance and peer review, and quality assurance in a medico-legal death investigation office. Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation: Role of Consultants is a one of a kind resource for those in the medico-legal death investigation field and professionals in the criminal and civil justice system. Organized by specialized fields including anesthesiology, surgery, radiology including CT scan, pediatrics, cardiology-electrophysiology, cardiac pathology, forensic anthropology and odontology, firearms examination, firearms, eye pathology, psychiatry/psychology, handling of high profile cases, the media, business continuity planning, envenomations, the importance quality assurance and peer review, and quality assurance in a medico-legal death investigation office Includes contributions by world renowned specialists Each chapter includes case studies and examples of consultation reports
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