Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide (Book+CD) 2/e

Abstract:
This revised edition has been completely updated and expanded to
address the latest developments and professional concerns in forensic
medicine. There are new chapters on the medical aspects of police
restraint and new material on the potential of police exposure to
infection, the role of alcohol and drugs in vehicular accidents, and
forensic sampling in sexual assault examinations. The chapters on
fundamental principles, nonaccidental injury in children, and the
care of detainees are all fully revised, as are the appendices (now
containing a list of useful websites).





Reviews:
Reviews of the First edition:

“This is the best textbook of clinical forensic medicine ever. It is
essential reading for students and practitioners within this
developing specialty. It is a most valuable guide and I unreservedly
recommend it to all readers of this journal. It is written by a team
of professionals from both sides of the Atlantic. The sexual
examination (chapter 3) is covered exhaustively and includes 191
references. Similarly the chapter on substance abuse (Stark and
Norfolk) covers the subject with great detail and includes 171
references. Traffic medicine, deaths in custody, crowd control agents
and NAI are all given first class attention. The book itself has been
beautifully printed on good paper. The text is clear and the proof
reading cannot be faulted. I strongly advise all medico-legalists,
police surgeons and forensic medical practitioners (including GPs) to
have this textbook (it is more than a guide) on their shelves. It is
required reading for all those who aspire to be forensic physicians
or consultants-both in the US and the UK. Many in the allied
professions will be well-advised to have access to this book. The
Series Editor Karch and Editor Stark together with the Humana Press
deserve warm congratulations from us for this superb textbook. The
format and the clarity are so appealing. It deserves tremendous
success.” -Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

“One of the more useful features is a section on the principles of
forensic medicine, a topic not typically covered in medical
education. Two other topics covered in detail are sexual assault and
traffic medicine, both of which have a good deal of relevant
forensics not often understood by practitioners...This is a well-
written text by an authoritative set of contributors. It is the first
such book I have come across which is aimed at physicians.” -Doody's
Health Sciences Book Review Journal

“In this day and age, all health care professionals need to be
“forensically aware,” especially when it comes to injury
interpretation. This book offers basic guidelines on dealing wit
fundamental principles of consent, confidentiality, note keeping
court reports, and court attendance.” -Consultant

“…the editor and authors provide a comprehensive and up to date
review of the current understanding of clinical forensic medicine.
The text is divided logically into ten concise, easy to read
chapters, some of which contain very useful “good practice tips.”…
The editor should be commended for brining together the wealth of
experience of several months in a concise, easily readable and highly
informative book on a subject of considerable importance not only to
workers in the field of clinical forensic medicine but to many other
health care professionals.” -Resuscitation

“...the clinical perspective of this very readable text makes it a
useful and needed reference...this book is a welcome edition to a
discipline that has few publications accessible to the clinician...it
is recommended for most hospital and all academic medical
libraries.” -E-STREAMS
From Reviews of the First Edition…

“The editor should be commended for bringing together a wealth of
experience of several authors in a concise, easily readable and
highly informative