Clinical forensic medicine : a physician's guide /

Clinical forensic medicine : a physician's guide /

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Edition:Fourth edition.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, 2020.
Description:1 online resource (vi, 545 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:English
Subject:
Medical jurisprudence.
Medical jurisprudence.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12603269
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Other authors / contributors:Stark, Margaret, editor.
ISBN:9783030294625
3030294625
9783030294618
3030294617
Notes:Includes index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 27, 2020).
Summary:This third edition of the definitive text on clinical forensic medicine has been extensively revised to reflect the subject's growing recognition as a specialist discipline, and features fresh international perspectives as well as a new chapter on the TASER.
Other form:Print version: 3030294617 9783030294618
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-29462-5
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • 1: Clinical Forensic Medicine: History and Development
  • Introduction
  • Historical References
  • Late Eighteenth Century Onwards
  • Contemporary Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • Global Clinical Forensic Medicine
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • 2: Fundamental Principles
  • Introduction
  • Scope of Practice
  • Ethical Principles
  • Role of HCP in the Forensic Environment
  • Consent
  • Requisites for Consent
  • Capacity
  • Understanding Risks and Warnings
  • Voluntary Agreement
  • Adult Patients Who Lack Capacity
  • Minors and Consent
  • The Professional Duty of Candour [33]
  • Whistleblowing
  • Intimate Samples and Intimate Searches
  • Video and Audio Recordings
  • Recording Telephone Calls
  • Emergencies
  • Confidentiality
  • Death and Confidentiality
  • Detention and Confidentiality
  • Exceptions to the General Duty of Confidentiality
  • With the Patient's Consent
  • Disclosures Required by Law
  • Statutory Restrictions on Disclosing Information about Patients
  • Gender Recognition Act 2004 (UK)
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (UK)
  • The National Health Service (Venereal Diseases) Regulations 1974 (Wales) and the NHS Trusts and Primary Care Trusts (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) Directions 2000 (England)
  • Medical Teaching, Research, and Audit
  • Disclosures in the Public Interest
  • Duty to Report Gunshot and Knife Wounds
  • Disclosures to Protect the Patient
  • Disclosures to Protect Others
  • Disclosures About Patients Who Lack the Capacity to Consent
  • Record Keeping
  • The Caldicott Principles (2013) Are as follows [56]
  • Principle 1
  • Justify the Purpose(s) for Using Confidential Information
  • Principle 2
  • Don't Use Personal Confidential Data unless it Is Absolutely Necessary
  • Principle 3
  • Use the Minimum Necessary Personal Confidential Data
  • Principle 4
  • Access to Personal Confidential Data Should Be on a Strict Need-to-Know Basis
  • Principle 5
  • Everyone with Access to Personal Confidential Data Should Be Aware of their Responsibilities
  • Principle 6
  • Comply with the Law
  • Principle 7
  • The Duty to share Information Can Be As Important as the Duty to Protect Patient Confidentiality
  • Access to Health Records
  • Preparation of Reports
  • Expert Statements/Certificates
  • Maria Nittis
  • Bias
  • Maria Nittis [72]
  • Peer Review
  • Attendance at Court
  • Demeanor in Court
  • The Duties of Expert Witnesses
  • Pitfalls
  • References
  • 3: Sexual Assault Examination
  • Definitions
  • Introduction
  • Neuroscience
  • Neuropsychology of Trauma
  • Medical Examination
  • Basic Principles
  • Timing of the Examination
  • Place of the Examination
  • Contamination Reduction
  • Consent
  • Chaperones
  • Medical and Sexual History
  • Forensic History
  • Substance Use
  • Injury Documentation
  • Physiology
  • Female Physiology
  • Male Physiology

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