Multidisciplinary medico-legal death investigation : role of consultants /

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Imprint:London : Academic Press, [2018]
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11664045
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Other authors / contributors:Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan, editor.
Rogers, Christopher B., editor.
ISBN:9780128138199
012813819X
9780128138182
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 13, 2018).
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.