Medical Jurisprudence & Clinical Forensic Medicine An Indian Perspective

This book on Medical Jurisprudence & Clinical Forensic Medicine addresses the evolving nature of law and medicine. It updates the medicolegal (ML) systems and discusses the concerns related to digitalization of courts, serving a subpoena through social media, ethical/ML issues in nanomedicine, telemedicine and online prescription practices, toxicology and mass disaster. It fulfils the increased demands of students, forensic medicine specialists, clinicians and lawyers to get authentic medicolegal information in situations of ethical dilemma or during ML urgencies. It features case-based discussions on ML and deontological issues supported by the latest legal/statutory information.

Key Features:
? Discusses the clinical and applied aspects of forensic medicine through illustrative case scenarios and reports.
? Addresses the needs of clinicians and forensic medicine specialists in writing medico-legal reports for specific cases.
? Provides evidence-based solutions to medicolegal and ethical dilemma faced during routine practice.

Section I: MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE

1. Introduction to Forensic Medicine

2. Medical Deontology

3. Medical Practice

4. Legal Procedure in India

5. Patient, Physician, and the Law

6. Documentation, Certification and Record-Keeping

7. Gifts to The Physician

8. Physician and The Will

Section II: CLINICAL FORENSIC MEDICINE

9. Establishing Identity of Individual

10. Medicolegal Aspects of Mechanical Wounds

11. Crimes Involving the Elderly

12. Crimes Involving Infants and Children

13. Sexual Crimes

14. Disorders of Fecundity

15. Medico-Legal Aspects of Pregnancy

16. Forensic Psychiatry

17. Violation of Human Rights and Torture Medicine

18. Violence Against Healthcare Professionals

19. Establishment of Healthcare Facilities

20. Basics of Healthcare Facilities Management

21. Medicolegal Management of Poisoning, Toxicity and Drug-Overdose

Professor Ambika P. Patra is currently in the Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry.

Professor Kusa Kumar Shaha is currently Dean and the former Head & Medical Faculty of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology at JIPMER, Pondicherry.