Forensic Pathology of Trauma

The practice of forensic pathology includes the collection and analysis of evidence in relation to a corpse in order to establish the cause of death. Knowledge of the cause of death contributes to the determination of the manner of death by medical examiners and coroners, who are occasionally assist...

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Main Authors: Shkrum, Michael J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Ramsay, David A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Forensic Science and Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-138-3
Table of Contents:
  • The “Complete Autopsy”
  • Postmortem Changes
  • Asphyxia
  • Thermal Injury
  • Bodies Recovered From Water
  • Penetrating Trauma
  • Penetrating Trauma
  • Blunt Trauma
  • Craniocerebral Trauma and Vertebrospinal Trauma
  • Sudden Neurological Death.