TY - BOOK AU - Payne-James,Jason AU - Shepherd,Richard TI - Simpson's forensic medicine SN - 9781498704298 PY - 2011/// CY - London, Reino unido PB - Hodder Arnold KW - Jurisprudencia médica KW - Gran Bretaña KW - Peritación médica KW - Casos judiciales KW - Medicina forense KW - Examen médico-legal N1 - Front Cover; Contents; About the authors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements and authors' note; List of picture credits; 1. Principles of forensic practice; 2. The ethics of medical practice; 3. The medical aspects of death; 4. Identification of the living and the dead; 5. The appearance of the body after death; 6. Unexpected and sudden death from natural causes; 7. Deaths and injury in infancy; 8. Assessment, classification and documentation of injury; 9. Regional injuries; 10. Ballistic injuries; 11. Use of force and restraint; 12. Sexual assault; 13. Child assault and protection 14. Transportation medicine15. Asphyxia; 16. Immersion and drowning; 17. Heat, cold and electrical trauma; 18. Principles of toxicology; 19. Alcohol; 20. Licit and illicit drugs; 21. Medicinal poisons; 22. Miscellaneous poisons; 23. Principles of forensic science; 24. Allied forensic specialties; Appendix 1: Guidelines for an autopsy and exhumation; Appendix 2: Widmark's formula; Appendix 3: Diagnosing poisoning - Carbon monoxide. Health Protection Agency guidelines ER -