Essential Forensic Pathology: Core Studies and Exercises

Forensic pathology is a diverse field with numerous scenarios, and Essential Forensic Pathology: Core Studies and Exercises helps prepare pathologists in training by establishing what they must know about the most common death scenes. The book covers the coaching objectives in medical education, the 15 different rotations of the forensic pathology resident, and forensic pathology essentials in the form of learning objectives. It also focuses on hands-on elements of forensic pathology, with chapters on scene investigation, identification, and postmortem changes. Objectives are also presented for various causes of death, including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, asphyxiation, sex-related death, and death from addiction. Additional chapters cover bombs and explosive devices, mental disease, epidemics, and issues related to forensic entomology.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Forensic pathology is a diverse and challenging field that encompasses a wide range of death scenarios, from gunshot wounds to asphyxiation to explosives to death from addiction. Essential Forensic Pathology: Core Studies and Exercises is a comprehensive guide that prepares pathologists in training to face these challenges. The book begins by discussing the coaching objectives in medical education and then provides a detailed description of the 15 different rotations of the forensic pathology resident. Each rotation is described in a consistent and concise format, including the facility where the rotation takes place, the necessary skills, the laboratory equipment, and other components. The main portion of the book presents forensic pathology essentials in the form of learning objectives, which are delineated with a code: M for items students must know and S for those they must do. The book begins by discussing the governments role, describes medical examiner and coroner systems, and analyzes the academic discipline of forensic pathology. Next, the book focuses on hands-on elements of forensic pathology, with chapters on scene investigation, identification, and postmortem changes (signs of death). Objectives are also presented for various causes of death, including gunshot wounds, stab wounds, asphyxiation, sex-related death, and death from addiction. Additional chapters cover bombs and explosive devices, mental disease, epidemics, and issues related to forensic entomology. Each chapter contains a list of pertinent vocabulary and references for further study. By mastering the objectives contained in each chapter of this manual, forensic pathology students will be ready to pass certification exams and work confidently in the field.

Weight: 458g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367778552