NCJ Number
18610
Date Published
1975
Length
298 pages
Annotation
BOOK DESIGNED AS A DAILY WORKING REFERENCE MANUAL FOR LAWYERS AND PHYSICIANS AND A CONCISE TEXTBOOK FOR LAW AND MEDICAL STUDENTS IN THE AREAS OF LEGAL MEDICINE AND MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.
Abstract
THIS HANDBOOK COVERS TOPICS DEALING WITH SCIENTIFIC MEDICOLEGAL INVESTIGATION, THE PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENT, AND THE PHYSICIAN AND THE LAW. REPRESENTATIVE CHAPTERS DEAL WITH SUCH SUBJECTS AS THE MEDICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE IN THE CORPORATE AS WELL AS THE CONVENTIONAL PARTNERSHIP FORM, MEDICAL, PROFESSIONAL, CIVIL, AND CRIMINAL LIABILITY, THE PHYSICIAN, THE CORONER, AND VIOLENT DEATH, AND THE UNUSUAL FEATURES OF SUICIDES. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE EFFECTS OF POST-MORTEM CHANGES ON THE PROBLEMS OF IDENTIFYING DEAD PERSONS, POSITIONS OF THE DOCTORS AND THE LAWYERS RESPECTING CAUSALITY, CONSIDERATIONS OF SOCIAL DEMAND VERSUS SCIENTIFIC PROOF IN PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION, AND INJURIES ATTRIBUTABLE TO IONIZING RADIATION. A GLOSSARY OF MEDICAL AND LEGAL TERMS IS PROVIDED ALONG WITH A LIST OF SELECTED REFERENCES ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY TOPIC AND AN INDEX. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)