Essentials of forensic pathology : core studies and exercises

235 Pages·2012·2.003 MB·English

by  Gilbert Edward Corrigan

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A myriad of different scenarios await those entering the field of forensic pathology,
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ranging from gunshot wounds to asphyxiation to explosives to death from addiction.
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Essential Forensic Pathology: Core Studies and Exercises helps prepare
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follows with a description of the 15 different rotations of the forensic pathology
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resident. Using a consistent and concise format, the book describes the facility where
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learning objectives—each delineated with a code: “M” for items students must know,
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and “S” for those they must do. This section begins by discussing the government’s
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role, describes medical examiner and coroner systems, and analyzes the academic C
discipline of forensic pathology. Next, the book focuses on hands-on elements of

forensic pathology, with chapters on scene investigation, identification, and postmortem P
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changes (signs of death). Objectives are also presented for various causes of death,
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from addiction. Additional chapters cover bombs and explosive devices, mental H
disease, epidemics, and issues related to forensic entomology.
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By mastering the objectives contained in each chapter of this manual, forensic
pathology students will be ready to pass certification exams and work confidently
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in the field.
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ESSENTIAL
FORENSIC
PATHOLOG Y
C o r e S t u d i e s a n d E x e r c i s e s

ESSENTIAL
FORENSIC
PAT HOLO G Y
C o r e S t u d i e s a n d E x e r c i s e s
Gilbert Edward Corrigan
Boca Raton London New York
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Contents
The Author ix
Section I
INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction: Coaching Objectives
in Medical Education 3
Section II
A PROGRAM IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
2 The Forensic Pathology Residency Program
with Rotations 9
Section III
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY ESSENTIALS
3 The Governmental Role in Forensic Pathology 33
4 The Medical Examiner and Coroner Systems
with Comparisons and Evaluations 39
5 The Academic Discipline of Forensic Pathology 45
6 Scene Investigation 51
7 Identification: Problems and Methods 57
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8 Postmortem Changes (Signs of Death) 63
9 The Medical Legal Autopsy and the Ethics of
Pathological Diagnosis by Forensic Pathologists;
Suicide as a Topic Area in Forensic Pathology 69
10 The Cause and Mechanisms of Death: Natural
Death and the Changes of Aging; Geriatric
Pathology; and End-of-Life Care, Hospice Care,
and Palliative Care 79
11 Sudden Death: Forensic Clinical Microbiology 83
12 Physical Trauma 87
13 Secondary Effects and Complications of Trauma 91
14 Gunshot Wounds 95
15 Incised and Stab Wounds 101
16 Asphyxiation 105
17 Blunt Force Injuries and Pediatric Homicide 109
18 Electrical and Thermal Injury 113
19 Gas Asphyxiation 115
20 Occupational Diseases 119
21 Sexual Deaths and Serial Deaths 123
22 Infanticide, Abortion, and Crib Death 127
Contents vii
23 Alcoholism and Deaths from Addiction 131
24 Analytical Toxicology 135
25 Classification of Death; Therapeutic
Misadventures 143
26 Trace Evidence and Criminalistics;
Forensic Science 147
27 Recent Advances in Medical Ethics Affecting
Forensic Medicine and Pathology 153
28 International Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Practice; Forensic Nursing; Epidemics and
Laboratory Identifications 155
29 Urban Warfare and Nationalistic Weaponry 159
30 Bombs, Explosives, and Improvised Explosive
Devices (IEDs) 161
31 Mental Disease, Paranoia, Aggression, and the
Central Nervous System 163
32 The New Electronic Media, Forensic Informatics,
Forensic Pathology on the Web, and Digital
Forensics 167
33 The Asylum and the 60s: The Reform of Mental
Disease Asylums and the Consequences from
the 70s to Today 171
34 Epidemics and Public Health;
Molecular Pathology 175
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35 Why Did the Forensic Sciences Become
Popular? The Story and Heritage of Ronald
Kornblum, MD, Pathologist 179
36 Organizational Complexity
in the Forensic Sciences 183
37 Forensic Sciences and the Military 187
38 Digital Forensics and Forensic Informatics;
The New Web and Internet 189
39 Advanced Microscopic Techniques 193
40 Forensic Entomology in Forensic Pathology 197
41 Clinical Forensic Pathology 199
42 Practical Advice for Forensic Pathologists 203
Section IV
DEDICATION
Dedication to Russell S. Fisher, MD 221