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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Multidisciplinary Medico-Legal Death Investigation; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Contributors; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Role of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Consultant; Introduction; Pacemakers; Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators; Risk to the Pathologist from ICD at Autopsy; New Pacemaker and ICD Devices; Other Implanted Cardiac Devices; Conclusion; Abbreviations; References; 2 Pediatric Consultation: the Value of a Clinical Perspective; Introduction: The Role of the Pediatrician; Child Death Review Teams; Pediatrics and Prevention |
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Death Scene InvestigationsFall down a Flight of Steps; Fall from a Balcony; Fall off a Cliff; Fall on the Kitchen Floor; Failure to Thrive; Failure to Thrive, Dehydration, and Drug Exposure; Medical Neglect; Leukemia and Prayer; Asthma; Morbid Obesity; Substance Abuse; Maternal Substance Abuse during Pregnancy; Postnatal Substance Exposure: "SIDS" and Amphetamines; Adolescent Alcohol Consumption; Too Much Manischewitz; Genetic Disorders; Familial Neonatal Hemochromatosis; Trauma; Blunt Abdominal Trauma and Mother's Boyfriend; Undetermined Deaths; Case: Dating Rib Fractures; Conclusion |
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TortureElder Abuse; Other Less Common Aspects of Forensic Radiology; Imaging of Contraband, Smuggling of Illegal Drugs; Forensic Examination of Scuba Diving Accidents with Air Embolus; Forensic Radiography for Evaluation of a Murder; Forensic Evaluation of Iatrogenic Deaths; References; 4 The Role of Virtual Autopsy and Use of a CT Scanner in Medico-Legal Death Investigations; References; 5 Anesthesiology Consults at the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's Office; Introduction; Questions About Anesthesia Consults; What Cases Should Have an Anesthesiology Consult? |
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Purpose of a Coroner's Anesthesia ConsultationHow Is the Community Standard of Anesthesia Care Established?; The Process of an Anesthesia Consultation; Other Consultant Activities; Qualifications for a Consultant; Data and Cases From the Anesthesia Consults; Illustrative Cases; A Case of Position Problems; A Case of a New Procedure; A Case of Old Drugs, the Local Anesthetics; A Case of Aspiration of Teeth During Oral Sedation; Lessons Learned; The Future; References; Further Reading; Appendix A. Definitions; 6 Coroners' Surgical Consultation: Q rdr H TO; Introduction; Background |
| Summary |
Multidisciplinary Medico-legal Death Investigation: Role of Consultants is the only book in the field that focuses on the role consultants have in medical examiner/coroner offices. The book provides a multidisciplinary view on the topic 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. Coverage also includes chapters on specialized topics, including high profile cases, the media, business continuity planning, envenomations, the importance of quality assurance and peer review, and quality assurance in a medico-legal death investigation office. This one-of-a-kind resource is ideal for those in the medico-legal death investigation field and professionals in the criminal and civil justice system |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 13, 2018) |
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Dead -- Identification.
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Forensic pathology.
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Consultants.
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Autopsy.
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Autopsy
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Forensic Pathology -- methods
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Consultants
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Expert Testimony
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Forensic Pathology
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MEDICAL -- Forensic Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Preventive Medicine.
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MEDICAL -- Public Health.
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Autopsy
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Consultants
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Dead -- Identification
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Forensic pathology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan, editor
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Rogers, Christopher B., editor
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| ISBN |
9780128138199 |
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012813819X |
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0128138181 |
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9780128138182 |
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