Handbook of Forensic Medicine

Professor Burkhard Madea, Head of Institute of Forensic Medicine, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany.

• List of Contributors xixPreface xxiiForeword xxiiiby Duarte Nuno VieiraPart I Duties of Forensic Medicine in Modern Societies 11 History of Forensic Medicine 3Burkhard Madea2 Duties of Forensic Medicine 15Burkhard Madea and Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton3 Forensic Medicine and Human Rights 18Hans Petter Hougen4 International Guidelines and Accreditation in Forensic Medicine 34Peter Wiegand, Burkhard Madea and Frank MusshoffPart II Medical Aspects of Death 475 Nature and Definition of Death 49Burkhard Madea6 Certification of Death: External Postmortem Examination 57Burkhard Madea and Antonella Argo7 Postmortem Changes and Time Since Death 75Burkhard Madea, Claus Henssge, Saskia Reibe, Michael Tsokos and Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton8 Cremation 134Claas T. Buschmann and Michael Tsokos9 Autopsy 138Peter J. T. Knudsen, Jørgen L. Thomsen, Garyfalia Ampanozi and Michael J. Thali10 The Doctor, the Dead and Their Relatives 161Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton11 Transplantation 166Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton12 Anthropology and Osteology 171Cristina Cattaneo and Daniele Gibelli13 Mass Disaster Victim Identification 192Ruediger Lessig and Mechthild PrinzPart III Traumatology and Violent Death 20114 Legal Aspects of Traumatology and Violent Death 203Philip Beh15 Traumatology and Criminology 207Philip Beh16 Introduction to Some Biomechanical Principles 211Heinz-Dieter Wehner17 Sequelae of Traumatic Injuries and Causes of Death 216Guy Rutty and Michael Tsokos18 Vital Reactions and Wound Age Estimation 237Burkhard Madea, Wolfgang Grellner and Toshikazu Kondo19 Mechanical Trauma and Classification of Wounds 253Burkhard Madea, Stefan Pollak, Annette Thierauf, Christoph Meissner, Manfred Oehmichen and Peter Mygind Leth20 Forensic Ballistics: Injuries from Gunshots, Explosives and Arrows 328Bernd Karger21 Injuries due to Asphyxiation and Drowning 367Wolfgang Keil, Philippe Lunetta, Richard Vann and Burkhard Madea22 Injuries due to Heat 451Burkhard Madea23 Injuries due to Cold 468Burkhard Madea24 Electrocution and Lightning 477Ryan Blumenthal25 Starvation and Neglect 495Burkhard Madea26 Infanticide 504Thomas Bajanowski and Mechtild M. Vennemann27 Death during Pregnancy 516Eberhard Lignitz, Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton and Veronique Henn28 Auto-Erotic Death 525Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton and Burkhard Madea29 Death in Abnormal Positions: Physical Restraint 528John C. Hunsaker III30 Sexual Homicide 539Philip Beh31 Medical Malpractice 545Burkhard Madea32 Special Issues Regarding Expert Evidence in Violent Death 562Rainer Amberg, Burkhard Madea, Jørgen L. Thomsen, Martin Worm-Leonhard and Paolo ProcacciantiPart IV Sudden and Unexpected Death from Natural Causes 59733 Natural Causes of Sudden Death 599Emanuela Turillazzi, Stefania Bello and Vittorio Fineschi34 Postmortem Biochemistry as an Aid in Determining the Cause of Death 630Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton and L. Aurelio Luna35 Sudden and Unexpected Deaths in Infants and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome 647Thomas Bajanowski and Mechtild M. VennemannPart V Clinical Forensic Medicine 67936 Sexual Abuse 681Cristina Cattaneo, Daniele Gibelli and Marina Ruspa37 Non-Sexual Abuse in Children 702Robert A. Minns, Burkhard Madea and Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton38 Intimate Partner and Domestic Violence 746Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton39 School Violence 751Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton40 Violence Against Homosexuals 757Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton41 Violence Against the Elderly 761John C. Hunsaker III42 Self-Harm 776Gerhard Kernbach-Wighton43 Age Estimation in Living Individuals 791Andreas SchmelingPart VI Forensic Psychiatry 81144 Forensic Psychiatry 813Alan R. Felthous and Henning SaßPart VII Toxicology 82945 Legal Aspects of Toxicology 831Ilkka Ojanperä and Erkki Vuori46 Epidemiology and Adverse Drug Reactions 840Olaf H. Drummer, Dimitri Gerostamoulos and Jennifer L. Pilgrim47 Suspicion of Poisoning 845Robert J. Flanagan, Graham R. Jones, Hans H. Maurer and Markus R. Meyer48 Toxicological Analysis: Drug Screening and Confirmation 866Olaf H. Drummer and Dimitri Gerostamoulos49 Issues Affecting Interpretation: Stability and Artefacts 873Gisela Skopp50 Toxicokinetics and Toxicogenetics 889Markus R. Meyer and Hans H. Maurer51 Toxicology of Specific Substances 900Alan Wayne Jones, Frank Musshoff, Thomas Kraemer, Andrea E. Schwaninger, Dimitri Gerostamoulos, Olaf H. Drummer, Gustav Drasch, Marie A. Balíková, Jochen Beyer, Helena Teixeira, Mario Thevis and Wilhelm SchänzerPart VIII Traffic Medicine 99552 Driving Aptitude and Fitness to Drive 997Günter Berghaus and Eva Schnabel53 Effects of Cardiovascular Disease on Fitness to Drive 1011Werner Jung54 Effects of Vision and Visual Fields on Fitness to Drive 1024Patrick Vivell55 Effects of Epilepsy on Fitness to Drive 1033Jürgen Bauer56 Effects of Diabetes on Fitness to Drive 1036Wulf Quester57 Epidemiology and Causal Factors in Fitness to Drive 1044Günter Berghaus58 Effects of Alcohol on Fitness to Drive 1057Alan Wayne Jones59 Effects of Illegal Drugs on Fitness to Drive 1074Frank Musshoff60 Effects of Medicinal Drugs on Fitness to Drive 1087Eef L. Theunissen, Kim P. C. Kuypers, Annemiek Vermeeren, Eric F. Vuurman and Johannes G. Ramaekers61 Toxicological Markers of Chronic Alcohol Abuse 1099Fritz Pragst62 Traffic Accidents 1108Heinz-Dieter Wehner and Gerhard Kernbach-WightonPart IX Identification 114163 Forensic DNA Analysis 1143Mechthild Prinz and Ruediger Lessig64 Forensic Anthropology 1184Cristina Cattaneo and Daniele Gibelli65 Forensic Odontology 1193Ruediger LessigPart X The Doctor and the Law 120566 The Doctor and the Law 1207Brigitte TagPart XI Insurance Medicine 123967 Personal Injury Assessment 1241Teresa Magalhães and Duarte Nuno VieiraFurther Reading 1253Burkhard MadeaIndex 1257