Mason S Forensic Medicine And The Law

Author : Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne KC,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781526521347

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Mason’s Forensic Medicine and the Law by Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne KC,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey Pdf

This is the leading work on forensic medicine and the law in the UK. Written by a team of leading legal practitioners, pathologists and other experts, this Seventh Edition has been fully revised to bring it up to date with the latest legal, medical and scientific developments. It is the only book directed at both the legal practitioner and the expert medical witness. It provides unique commentary on the law in all three UK jurisdictions: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It guides experts on their role and duties to the courts and highlights areas of current scientific and legal controversy with additional reference sources. In addition to two new chapters on forensic psychiatry and forensic science, the Seventh Edition includes updates and new material on: - Introduction to medicine, the systems of the body and autopsy procedure - Forensic medicine covering assaults, firearms, head injuries, road traffic collisions, falls, asphyxia, drowning, hypothermia, and heat and electricity - Sexual offences, deaths in detention, forensic odontology and toxicology - Guidance for the expert medical witness on giving evidence in the UK courts, covering the UK's criminal justice systems, coroners' courts and fatal accident inquiries This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Personal Injury Law online service.

Author : Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781780434766

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Mason's Forensic Medicine for Lawyers by Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey Pdf

Mason's Forensic Medicine for Lawyers covers all aspects of the relationship between forensic medicine and the law including an overview of general issues relating to medical ethics, criminal liability, negligence and the regulation of the medical profession. The Court of Appeal and the Criminal Procedure Rules have dramatically changed what is expected of experts and the presentation of expert evidence to the Courts since the previous edition in 2008. The book considers each key stage from the reporting of the death to the investigation and diagnosis of the cause of death, detailing medical and legal considerations that must be taken into account. Each chapter begins with an explanation of basic medical issues including relevant anatomy, identifying controversies in the various forensic areas. The sixth edition has been rewritten and restructured to provide a more analytical approach, with new chapters on the important areas of sexual offences and DNA, and expanded chapters on post-mortem examination to include explanation of the practicalities of an autopsy from the medical perspective. It also includes coverage of the law and procedure surrounding the filming of post-mortems including examples of successful challenges to, and impugning of, post-mortems on the basis of techniques, inferences, expert evidence and public law challenges to the Coroners courts such as access; remit and limitations of inquiry. Contents: 1 Human anatomy and physiology - A quick trip around the body explaining the body's systems with diagrams; 2 Principles of medicine, clinical examination and scientific method including common medical notation; 3 Forensic autopsy - medical practicalities and principles of autopsies, procedural aspects, legal aspects of death; 4 Medical aspects of death and physical changes after death; 5 HM Coroner and sudden deaths (England, Wales and Northern Ireland); inquests; 6 Procurator fiscal and sudden deaths; 7 Natural disease as a cause of death; 8 Injuries and their interpretation: major trauma; injury types - gunshot; head injuries; accidental and non-accidental; 9 Asphyxia; this includes strangulation and suffocation; 10 Drowning and hypothermia; 11 Fire deaths including explosions, burns, and carbon monoxide poisoning; 12 Child deaths including 'baby-shaking' and abuse in children; Sudden infant deaths; 13 Sexual offences; 14 Odontology; 15 DNA; 16 Toxicology, drugs and poisons; 17 Examination of detained persons; 18 Deaths in custody including prison; 19 Deaths in other State settings: hospitals; 20 Legal system and prosecutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; 21 Role and duties of the expert: expert vs treating doctors; 22 Confidentiality, consent, negligence, disclosure, privilege; 23 Court case work: admissibility, case management, abuse of process.

Author : A C Hunt,Sharon Cowan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Professional
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 1845922417

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Mason's Forensic Medicine for Lawyers by A C Hunt,Sharon Cowan Pdf

The new, 5th edition of this well-respected book provides a broad overview of the legal issues arising in both criminal and civil proceedings. Written by a highly respected academic, the new edition ensures the text is brought fully up to date with new material on wounds, explosions, head injury, transplantation, asphyxia, marriage and pregnancy, and the legal aspects of medical practice.

Author : Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne KC,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781526521330

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Mason’s Forensic Medicine and the Law by Helen Whitwell,Katy Thorne KC,Alexander Kolar,Paul Harvey Pdf

This is the leading work on forensic medicine and the law in the UK. Written by a team of leading legal practitioners, pathologists and other experts, this Seventh Edition has been fully revised to bring it up to date with the latest legal, medical and scientific developments. It is the only book directed at both the legal practitioner and the expert medical witness. It provides unique commentary on the law in all three UK jurisdictions: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. It guides experts on their role and duties to the courts and highlights areas of current scientific and legal controversy with additional reference sources. In addition to two new chapters on forensic psychiatry and forensic science, the Seventh Edition includes updates and new material on: - Introduction to medicine, the systems of the body and autopsy procedure - Forensic medicine covering assaults, firearms, head injuries, road traffic collisions, falls, asphyxia, drowning, hypothermia, and heat and electricity - Sexual offences, deaths in detention, forensic odontology and toxicology - Guidance for the expert medical witness on giving evidence in the UK courts, covering the UK's criminal justice systems, coroners' courts and fatal accident inquiries This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Personal Injury Law online service.

Author : John Kenyon Mason
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Law
ISBN : UCLA:31158008780669

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Forensic Medicine for Lawyers by John Kenyon Mason Pdf

This textbook for students of forensic medicine and practitioners dealing with medical and legal issues presents the subject without assuming any previous medical knowledge. Current issues, such as, brain stem death, surrogate motherhood, and informed consent are covered in detail.

Author : Richard Grimes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351814584

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Re-thinking Legal Education under the Civil and Common Law by Richard Grimes Pdf

Whilst educational theory has developed significantly in recent years, much of the law curriculum remains content-driven and delivered traditionally, predominantly through lecture format. Students are, in the main, treated as empty vessels to be filled by the eminent academics of the day. Re-thinking Legal Education under the Common and Civil Law draws on the experience of teachers, practitioners and students across the world who are committed to developing a more effective learning process. Little attention has, historically, been paid to the importance of the application of theory, the role of reflective learning, the understanding and acquisition of lawyering skills and the development of professional responsibility and wider ethical values. With contributions from across the global north and south, this book examines the history of educating our lawyers, the influences and constraints that may shape the curriculum, the means of delivering it and the models that could be used to tackle current shortcomings. The whole is intended to represent what might be desirable and possible if we are to produce lawyers that are fit for purpose in the 21st century, be that in either in civil or common law jurisdictions. This book will be of direct assistance to those who wish to understand the theory and practice of legal pedagogy in an experiential context. It will be essential reading for academics, researchers and teachers in the fields of law and education, particularly those concerned with curriculum design and developing interactive teaching methods. It is likely to be of interest to law students too – particularly those who value a more direct engagement in their learning.

Author : Edward S. Dove,Niamh Nic Shuibhne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108842433

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Law and Legacy in Medical Jurisprudence by Edward S. Dove,Niamh Nic Shuibhne Pdf

Introduction and investigation of the concept - and utility - of legacy in the field of medical jurisprudence.

Author : Elmer De Witt Brothers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Medical jurisprudence
ISBN : OSU:32436000156735

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Medical Jurisprudence; a Statement of the Law of Forensic Medicine by Elmer De Witt Brothers Pdf

Author : John Kenyon Mason
Publisher : Lexis Law Publishing (Va)
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061747122

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Forensic Medicine for Lawyers by John Kenyon Mason Pdf

Author : Judith Hendrick
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781444347630

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Law and Ethics in Children's Nursing by Judith Hendrick Pdf

Law and Ethics in Children's Nursing is an important and practical guide on the legal and ethical spects of child healthcare that enables nurses to understand the legal and ethical principles that underpin everyday nursing practice. It explores the concept of childhood and children's rights, the extent to which their rights are upheld in a variety of settings, and the relationship between law and ethics and how they interact in resolving problems and dilemmas that commonly arise in practice. With case studies, learning outcomes and scenarios throughout, Law and Ethics in Children's Nursing places the care and treatment of children in a legal and ethical framework, and explores the way in which legal and ethical aspects of children's nursing differ from those of adults. It explores general principles such as autonomy and consent, confidentiality, accountability and negligence. It then goes on to look at specialist areas such as abortion, sterilisation, research, mental health, organ donation, child protection and death.

Author : John Kenyon Mason,A. K. M. Macrae
Publisher : Butterworth-Heinemann
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Medical jurisprudence
ISBN : 0407013709

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Forensic Medicine for Lawyers by John Kenyon Mason,A. K. M. Macrae Pdf

This textbook for students of forensic medicine and practitioners dealing with medical and legal issues presents the subject without assuming any previous medical knowledge. Current issues, such as, brain stem death, surrogate motherhood, and informed consent are covered in detail.

Author : Stanley B. Atkinson
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1290919585

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The Law in General Practice; Some Chapters in Every-Day Forensic Medicine by Stanley B. Atkinson Pdf

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Knight
Publisher : Cavendish Publishing
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781843143352

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Lawyers Guide to Forensic Medicine by Knight Pdf

This is an updated edition of a successful handbook already popular with barristers, solicitors and a number of judges as a readily-accessible source of quick reference on a wide range of medico-legal topics. Written by a legally-qualified Professor of Forensic Pathology and former Home Office pathologist, it utilises more than 40 years experience to offer a succinct summary of over 200 medico-legal topics. Though arranged in alphabetical order, this is not just a medical dictionary, as these contain much that is not relevant to legal practice and fail to provide a sufficiently expansive account of medico-legal matters. Instead, it is a carefully-selected compendium dealing with those subjects which are most commonly encountered in case-papers, conferences and the courts. It offers a concise overview of factors of importance in many medico-legal problems, from alcohol to head injury, from traffic deaths to child abuse, so that the medical evidence can be quickly evaluated and any deficiencies detected. it indicates the limits of reliability of various procedures and commonly-held medical opinions and points out those which are frequently over interpreted.; Liberally provided with clear line diagrams, including body-maps, it provides a graphic exposition of many anatomical and medical terms, free from professional jargon.

Author : Richard Grimes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000387117

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Public Legal Education by Richard Grimes Pdf

This book makes the case for a more legally literate society and then addresses why and how a law school might contribute to achieving that. Moreover examining what public legal education (PLE) is and the forms it can take, the book looks specifically at the ways in which a law school can get involved, including whether that is as part of an academic, credit-bearing, course or as extra-curricular activity. Divided into five main chapters, the book first examines the nature of PLE and why its provision is so central to the functioning of modern society. Models of PLE are then set out ranging from face-to-face tuition to the use of hard-copy material, including the growing importance of e-based technology. One model of PLE that has proven to be very attractive to law schools – Street Law – is described and analysed in detail. The book then turns to look at the considerations for a law school wishing to incorporate PLE into its offerings be that as part of the formal curriculum or not. The subject of evaluation is then raised – how might we find out if what we do by way of PLE is effective and how it might be improved upon? The final chapter reaches conclusions, some penned by the book’s author and others drawn from key figures in the PLE movement. This book provides a thorough examination of PLE in a law school context and contains a set of templates that can be implemented and/or adapted for use as the situation and jurisdiction dictate. An accessible and compelling read, this book will be of interest to law students, legal academics, practising lawyers, community activists and all those interested in PLE.

Author : Mark Freeman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780748699391

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Medicine, Law and Public Policy in Scotland by Mark Freeman Pdf

Focusing on Scotland, this collection draws together the three main strands of Anne Crowther's academic research - welfare, medicine and legal history - and reflects the range of her historical scholarship. Based on original research, the essays in this book examine important developments in key Scottish institutions, question enduring myths about the nature of Scottish legal and medical practice, and explore the intersections between medicine, the law and public policy.