Medical & Pharmacy Books

Forensic Pathology Reviews Vol 4 (Forensic Pathology Reviews)
By Michael Tsokos

* Publisher: Humana Press
* Number Of Pages: 480
* Publication Date: 2005-12-15
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1588296016
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781588296016
* Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Leading forensic pathologists from around the world synthesize the practical advances in a variety of important subspecialties offorensic pathology and demonstrate how the latest medical and scientific progress is being applied to solve current problems of high interest to forensic pathologists today. The authors offer cutting-edge insights into death from environmental conditions (lightning and elder abuse), homicide by sharp force, death from natural causes (asthma)and peliosis of the liver and spleen), and pathology of human endothelium in septic organ failure. Additional chapters address special aspects of crime scene interpretation and behavioral analysis, neogenesis of ethanol and fusel oils in putrefying blood, agrochemical poisoning, imaging techniques inforensic pathology , and fixation techniques for organs and parenchymal structures. A comprehensive, up-to-date review of the international literature is given for each chapter.